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. 2014 Feb 13;9(2):e88339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088339

Table 1. Average genome size and average genomic C+G content in different kingdoms and subkingdoms.

Kingdom or subkingdom Number of genomes Average genome size (Mb) Average genome C+G (%)
Kingdoms:
Archaeans 58 1.86 44.88
Bacteria 430 2.61 50.76
Fungi 11 18.44 47.96
Protists 21 3.16 26.42
Plants 10 538.84 41.10
Animals 18 1,837.44 41.20
Subkingdoms:
Gram-positive bacteria 184 2.53 49.40
Gram-negative bacteria 246 2.67 51.71
Dicot plants 6 368.78 34.15
Monocot plants 4 793.93 45.93
Non-mammalian animals 6 674.06 39.44
Non-primate mammalian animals 7 2,190.40 41.97
Primate animals 5 2,739.35 40.85