Skip to main content
. 2012 Oct 12;3(4):634–650. doi: 10.3390/genes3040634

Table 1.

Relevant genomic features of selected bacteria with different lifestyles

Species Lifestyle Genome Size (kb) CDS Pseudogenes IGR Mean Size (bp) % Coding Density Presence of ISs (%) Data Source
M. leprae TN human parasite 3,268 1614 1293 ND ND Yes [30,49]
M. tuberculosis H37Rv human parasite 4,411 4006 6* ND ND 1.5 [29,44,50]
S. symbiotica SAp pea aphid facultative symbiont 2,789 2098 550 204.3 60.9 Yes [9,12]
S. symbiotica SCc cedar aphid facultative symbiont 1,763 672 58 1672.01 38.7 No [12]
S. proteamaculans free-living 5,496 4942 12 165.67 87.1 Yes [12]
B. aphidicola BAp pea aphid obligate endosymbiont 656 574 1 126.9 86.7 No [12,51]
B. aphidicola BCc cedar aphid obligate endosymbiont 422 362 3 135.8 90.0 No [52]
S. glossinidius str. "morsitans" tse-tse fly facultative symbiont 4,293 2516 1501 ND 50.9 2.72 [10,11]
W. pipientis wMel D. melanogaster reproductive parasite 1,268 1270 94 ND 80 7.7 [44,53]
W. pipientis wRi D. simulans reproductive parasite 1,445 1150 114 ND ND 10 [54]
W. pipientis wPip C. pipiens reproductive parasite 1,482 1386 97 ND 82 Yes [55]
W. pipientis wBm B. malayi obligate endosymbiont 1,080 806 98 ND 67 5.4** [56]
R. prowazekii str. Madrid E human parasite 1,112 835 12 ND 76 0.3 [13]

* Excluding IS elements. ** Various repeats including ISs. ND: non-determined