Table 1.
General features of the M. aquaeolei genome
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| No. of DNA scaffolds | 3 |
| No. of CRISPRs | 1 |
| No. of plasmids | 2 |
| Size (bp) | |
| Whole genome | 4,779,762 |
| Main chromosome | 4,326,849 |
| Plasmid 1 | 239,623 |
| Plasmid 2 | 213,290 |
| % G+C content | |
| Main chromosome | 57 |
| Plasmid 1 | 54 |
| Plasmid 2 | 53 |
| No. of predicted CDSs | 4,342 |
| % coding | |
| Chromosome | 90 |
| Plasmid 1 | 86 |
| Plasmid 2 | 80 |
| No. of protein-coding genes | 4,272 |
| No. of tRNAs | 51 |
| No. of rRNA operons (16S-23S-5S) | 9 |
| No. of structural RNAs | 63 |
| No. of CDSs with known function | 3,119 |
| No. (%) of uncharacterized conserved proteins | 1,153 (26.56) |