Table 2. Sequencing reads covering protein coding genes in the studied organisms.
| Organism | # reads mapped to coding genes | # coding genes | % cytosines converted to uracilsa | # coding genes with mean coverage >5 (exp. 1) | # coding genes with mean coverage >5 (exp. 2) | Mean coverage of coding genesb | % coding genes covered |
| B. subtilis | 1,536,835 | 4,179 | 98.9% | 1 | 1,394 | 21.1 | 33.4% |
| E. coli | 189,572 | 4,376 | 98.9% | 41 | 287 | 14.3 | 6.6% |
| S. solfataricus | 1,216,554 | 2,979 | 98.8% | 744 | 2,175c | 70.6 | 73.0% |
| S. cerevisiae | 5,161,198 | 6,235 | 95.8% | 1 | 4,489 | 72.3 | 72.0% |
a
Conversion rates were calculated out of the raw data prior to filtering.
b
Relates to mean coverage of all coding genes with mean coverage >5 in experiment #2.
c
Data relates to two sequenced lanes combined.