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. 2012 Feb 23;7(2):e32353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032353

Table 1. Main structural features of the six newly sequenced mt genomes in this study.

Moerella iridescens Sanguinolaria diphos Sanguinolaria olivacea Semele scaba Sinonovacula constricta Solecurtus divaricatus
Total size 16799 16352 18182 17117 17224 16749
A+T % 65.72 63.36 65.27 59.19 67.08 60.15
rrnS 863 876 949 861 909 887
rrnL 1268 1343 1346 1330 1228 1380
No. of tRNA 22 21 21 20 22 22
No. of gene overlapping 3 6 9 2 2 4
Size range of gene overlapping 1 1 to 44 1 to 44 1 to 20 1 to 3 1
cox1 1671 1755 1758 1692 1692 1725
(ATA/TAA) (ATA/TAG) (ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAA) (ATT/TAA) (ATA/TAG)
cox2 861 873 858 1206 843 867
(ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAA)
cox3 867 936 936 894 804 894
(ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATA/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG)
nad1 924 924 939 921 930 927
(GTG/TAG) (ATT/TAG) (ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATA/TAG) (ATA/TAA)
nad2 1014 1071 1077 1056 1056 1062
(ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (TTG/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG)
nad3 360 363 378 360 366 360
(ATT/TAA) (ATT/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATA/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAA)
nad4 1335 1303 1362 1365 1392 1347
(ATA/TAG) (ATA/T) (ATA/TAA) (GTG/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (TTG/TAG)
nad4L 291 315 312 291 288 291
(ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (ATG/TAA) (GTG/TAA) (ATG/TAA) (GTG/TAG)
nad5 1746 1788 1800 1737 1761 1734
(TTG/TAA) (ATA/TAA) (ATT/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (ATT/TAA) (ATG/TAG)
nad6 537 567 555 633 531 567
(ATT/TAA) (ATA/TAG) (ATA/TAG) (ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATA/TAG)
cob 1233 1233 1242 1176 1146 1248
(ATA/TAA) (ATG/TAG) (ATG/TAG) (ATT/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (GTG/TAA)
atp6 777 720 687 711 702 846
(ATG/TAA) (ATA/TAG) (ATG/TAA) (ATG/TAA) (ATA/TAG) (ATG/TAA)

For each, total size of the mt genome, the percent of overall A+T content, size of rrnS and rrnL, number of tRNA, number of gene overlapping and its size range, and size of the protein coding genes (start and stop codons in parentheses) are presented. Gene lengths are in bp.