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. 2014 Nov 6;8(11):e3261. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003261

Table 1. Summary of the genomic features of the Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum Bosnia A strain and four T. pallidum subsp. pertenue strains (Samoa D, CDC-2, Gauthier and Fribourg-Blanc).

Genome parameter Bosnia A Fribourg-Blanca Samoa Db CDC-2b Gauthierb
GenBank accession number CP007548.1 CP003902.1 CP002374.1 CP002375.1 CP002376.1
Genome size (bp) 1,137,653 1,140,481 1,139,330 1,139,744 1,139,417
G+C content (%) 52.77 52.80 52.80 52.80 52.80
Intergenic region length (bp) (% of the genome length) 52,643 (4.63) 52,785 (4.63) 52,844 (4.64) 52,963 (4.65) 53,300 (4.68)
Average/median gene length (bp) 979.2/831.0 982.6/831.0 980.3/831.0 980.4/831.0 979.3/831.0
No. of predicted protein-encoding genes 1063 1065 106810681068
No. of genes encoded on plus/minus DNA strand 600/525 599/523 600/525600/525600/525
No. of genes coding for proteins with predicted function 640 640 640640640
No. of genes coding for treponemal conserved hypothetical proteins 137 139 140140140
No. of genes coding for conserved hypothetical proteins 141 141 141141141
No. of genes coding for hypothetical proteins 145 145 147147147
No. of annotated pseudogenes (no. of pseudogenes when compared to the Nichols CP004010.2 genome sequencec) 8 (16) 3 (14) 3 (12)3 (12)3 (12)
No. of tRNA loci 45 45 454545
No. of rRNA loci 6 (2 operons) 6 (2 operons) 6 (2 operons)6 (2 operons)6 (2 operons)
No. of ncRNAs 3 3 333
a

[15].

b

[11].

c

in previous studies [11], [15], Samoa D, CDC-2, Gauthier and Fribourg-Blanc genomes were compared to the Nichols CP004010.2 genome sequence [14].