Table 1.
General features of the L. sanfranciscensis genome compared with genomes of other species, which are found in sourdough (however, the strains whose genomes have been sequenced were isolated from other sources). Data are from this study and [59].
| L. sanfranciscensis TMW 1.1304 | L. reuteri JCM 1112T | L. fermentum IFO 3956 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromosome size (bp) | 1,298,316 | 2,039,414 | 2,098,685 |
| Plasmid(s) | 58,739 and 18,715 | - | - |
| GC content (%) | 34.7 (37.6 and 36,1)* | 38.9 | 51.5 |
| Total ORFs | 1,437 (63 + 19) | 1,820 | 1,844 |
| Functionally assigned | 791 | 1,211 | 1,212 |
| Conserved hypothetical | 498 | 413 | 360 |
| Non-conserved hypothetical | 148 | 196 | 272 |
| Coding density (%) | 88.1 | 83.6 | 80.4 |
| tRNAs | 61 | 58 | 54 |
| rRNA operons | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Phage-related ORFs | not detected | 53 | 24 |
| Transposases | 111 | 55 | 106 |
| Group II introns | not detected | 12 | 0 |
* values in brackets are for the plasmids pLS1 and pLS2, respectively.