TABLE 1 .
Summary of predicted clostridial sRNAs
| Organism | No. of predicted sRNAs (excludes tRNAs) | Genome size (bp) | No. of genes | Avg IR size (bp) | No. of genes that overlap with Rfam (v9.1) (excludes tRNAs)a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogenic | |||||
| C. botulinum A ATCC 3502 | 219 | 3,903,260 | 3,590 | 195 | 31 |
| C. botulinum A ATCC 19397 | 233 | 3,863,450 | 3,551 | 198 | 31 |
| C. botulinum A Hall | 231 | 3,760,560 | 3,404 | 210 | 31 |
| C. botulinum A3 Loch Maree | 249 | 4,259,691 | 3,984 | 200 | N/A |
| C. botulinum B1 okra | 246 | 4,107,013 | 3,852 | 209 | N/A |
| C. botulinum B Eklund | 245 | 3,847,969 | 3,520 | 201 | N/A |
| C. botulinum E3 Alaska E43 | 251 | 3,659,644 | 3,256 | 194 | N/A |
| C. botulinum F Langeland | 257 | 4,012,918 | 3,659 | 208 | 31 |
| C. difficile 630 | 264 | 4,298,133 | 3,753 | 194 | 31 |
| C. novyi NT | 119 | 2,547,720 | 2,315 | 146 | 30 |
| C. perfringens 13 | 193 | 3,085,740 | 2,723 | 184 | 26 |
| C. perfringens ATCC 13124 | 181 | 3,256,683 | 2,876 | 183 | 30 |
| C. perfringens SM101 | 131 | 2,921,996 | 2,578 | 204 | 12 |
| C. tetani E88 | 137 | 2,873,333 | 2,432 | 171 | 32 |
| Solventogenic and C. kluyveri | |||||
| C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824 | 113 | 4,132,880 | 3,848 | 153 | 32 |
| C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 | 336 | 6,000,632 | 5,020 | 240 | 27 |
| C. kluyveri DSM 555 | 126 | 4,023,800 | 3,913 | 161 | 41 |
| C. kluyveri NBRC 12016 | 136 | 3,955,303 | 3,523 | 186 | N/A |
| Cellulolytic | |||||
| C. cellulolyticum H10 | 45 | 4,068,724 | 3,390 | 159 | N/A |
| C. phytofermentans ISDg | 42 | 4,847,594 | 3,902 | 228 | N/A |
| C. thermocellum ATCC 27405 | 15 | 3,843,301 | 3,189 | 197 | 12 |
a
N/A, not available.