Table 1.
Overview of the four complete phytoplasma genomes and A. laidlawii.
| Strain | ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma' species | Acholeplasma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| asteris | asteris | australiense | mali | laidlawii | |
| OY-M | AY-WB | Rp-A | AT | PG-8A | |
| Chromosome organisation | Circular | Circular | Circular | Linear | Circular |
| Chromosome size | 853,092 | 706,569 | 879,959 | 601,943 | 1,496,992 |
| G + C content (%) | 27.76 | 26.89 | 27.42 | 21.39 | 31.93 |
| G + C % of protein-coding genes1 | 29.09 | 28.54 | 28.72 | 22.58 | 32.23 |
| Protein-coding genes1,2 | 752 | 776 | 684 (155) | 481 (16) | 1,380 (11) |
| Protein coding (%)1 | 73.1 | 73.7 | 64.1 | 76.3 | 90.7 |
| Average ORF size1 | 829 | 776 | 825 | 955 | 984 |
| Protein-coding genes/kb1 | 0.881 | 0.949 | 0.777 | 0.799 | 0.921 |
| rRNA operons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| tRNAs | 32 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 34 |
| Accession no. | AP006628.2 | CP000061.1 | AM422018.1 | CU469464.1 | CP000896.1 |
| Plasmid-like elements | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — |
1Without pseudo genes; 2number of annotated pseudo genes is given in brackets.