Table 1.
General Features of the Plastid Genomes in Lepidodinium chlorophorum (This Study) and Pedinomonas minor (Turmel, Otis, et al. 2009)
| Lepidodinium chlorophorum | Pedinomonas minor | |
|---|---|---|
| Length (bp) | 66,223 | 98,340 |
| IRs | Absent | Present |
| AT content (%) | 65.4 | 65.2 |
| Intergenic regions (%) | 13.3 | 25.6 |
| Protein/tRNA/rRNA genesa | 60b/27/2 | 74b/28/3 |
| Introns | 3c (psbA, psbB, and petD) | None |
| Physically overlapping gene pairs | rpl23-rpl2, rpl14-rpl5, rps11-rpoA, psaC-trnK(cuu), psbB-psbT, psbD-psbC, petL-petG, petG-psbI, chlI-rpoC2, atpI-rpoC1, and psbH-orf129 | psbD-psbC and cysA-trnG |
| Fused ORFs | rpl19-atpA, psbK-rpl20 | None |
| Duplications | ycf12-atpH-atpF and ycf3 | None |
| Genetic code | Deviant (AUA for methionine) | Standard |
aDuplicated gene copies were counted only once.
bUnconserved, species-specific ORFs were excluded.
cAll the introns found in the L. chlorophorum plastid genome are group II.
The data of the P. minor plastid genome were retrieved from Turmel, Otis, et al. (2009).