Table 2. Genome characteristics.

Organism	#Contigs >200 bp	Assembled bp	Coverage	CDSs	% w/Function	RNAs	% Coding	%GC	Isolated From
Haloarcula californiae	168	4,420,514	21	4627	62.5	69	87.00	60.82	Baja, Mexico
Haloarcula sinaiiensis	140/10*	4,524,388	19/45*	4538	63.1	55	84.62	60.77	Red Sea, Israel
Haloarcula vallismortis	88	3,930,055	24	4084	65.2	84	88.22	61.79	Death Valley, California, USA
Haloarcula marismortui (GenBank)	9	4,274,642	N/A	4325	51.8	62	85.83	61.12	Dead Sea
Haloferax denitrificans	21	3,848,468	25	3809	70.5	58	85.80	66.27	San Francisco Bay, California, USA
Haloferax mediterranei	141/5*	3,905,749	26/53*	3942	65.7	62	85.83	60.27	Alicante, Spain
Haloferax mucosum	26	3,371,699	29	3455	66.0	61	86.38	61.84	Shark Bay, Australia
Haloferax sulfurifontis	29	3,816,558	27	3856	67.6	59	86.56	66.30	Zodletone spring, SW Oklahoma, USA
Haloferax volcanii (resequenced)	145	3,920,004	25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Shore mud, Dead Sea
Haloferax volcanii (GenBank)	5	4,012,900	N/A	4015	63.3	49	85.56	65.48	Shore mud, Dead Sea

Note: *Indicates results of mate-pair sequencing.

Note: The Haloferax volcanii control was not submitted to IMG for annotation and so some features are N/A.