Table 3. ncRNAs detected in four genomes: Acholeplasma laidlawii PG-8A (CP000896), Acidovorax sp. JS42 (CP000539), Brucella suis 1330 Chromosome (chr.) 1 (AE014291) and Candidatus methanoregula boonei 6A8 (CP000780).
| Genome source | Nucleotide length (nt) | GC content (%) | Based on Rfam 10 | Based on Rfam 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of known ncRNAs | Detected known ncRNAs (%) | No. of known ncRNAs | Detected by our model (%) | |||||
| ncRNA scout | smyRNA | Our model | ||||||
| A. laidlawii PG-8A | 1 496 992 | 31.92 | 42 | 92.857 | 95.238 | 95.238 | 64 | 96.875 |
| Acidovorax sp. JS42 | 4 448 856 | 66.17 | 134 | 96.269 | 70.149 | 97.015 | 181 | 95.580 |
| B. suis 1330 chromosome1 | 2 107 794 | 57.21 | 49 | 89.796 | 71.429 | 100 | 63 | 93.650 |
| C. methanoregula boonei 6A8 | 2 542 943 | 54.51 | 23 | 73.913 | 56.522 | 100 | 40 | 97.500 |
Our method was compared to ncRNAscout (30) and smyRNA (29).