Table 1. Genomic data.
| Organism | Abbreviation | Genome reference |
| Euryarchaeota | ||
| Methanococcus jannaschii strain DSM2661 | Mj | NC000909 |
| Bacteria | ||
| Bacillus anthracis strain Ames | Ba | NC003997 |
| Bacillus subtilis strain 168 | Bs | NC000964 |
| Escherichia coli strain K-12 substrain MG1655 | Ec | NC000913 |
| Haemophilus influenzae strain Rd KW20 | Hi | NC000907 |
| Helicobacter pylori strain 26695 | Hp | NC000915 |
| Lactobacillus casei strain BL23 | Lc | NC010999 |
| Lactococcus lactis strain Il1403 | Ll | NC002662 |
| Mycoplasma genitalium strain G37 | Mg | NC000908 |
| Staphylococcus aureus strain N315 | Sa | NC002745 |
| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain 252 | MRSa | NC002952 |
| methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain 476 | MSSa | NC002953 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae strain CGSP14 | Sp | NC010582 |
| Xanthomonas campestris strain 8004 | Xc | NC007086 |
| Eukaryotes | ||
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain S228C (budding yeast) | Sc | SGD release 1 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) | At | AGI release 7.2 |
| Caenorhabditis elegans (worm) | Ce | WormBase release 170 |
| Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) | Dm | FlyBase release 5 |
| Gallus gallus (chicken) | Gg | build 2.1 |
| Mus musculus (mouse) | Mm | build 37.1 |
| Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) | Pt | build 2.1 |
| Homo sapiens (human) | Hs | build 36.3 |
Organisms selected for this study, with reference to the respective abbreviation, and identification of genome sequence data by accession number (euryarchaeota and bacteria) or genome assembly project (eukaryotes).