Table 1.

Genomic features of D. zeae EC1 and other Dickeya spp

Features	EC1	Ech1591	Ech586	3937	Ech703
Size (bp)	4,532,364	4,813,854	4,818,394	4,922,802	4,679,450
GC content (%)	53.43	54.5	53.6	56.3	55
CDS
Predicted no. of CDS	4,154	4,367	4,318	4,687	4,136
Function assigned	3,880	4,163	4,144	4,543	3,970
Function unknown	274	204	174	144	166
Ribosomal RNA operons	7	7	7	7	7
Transfer RNA	88	74	77	75	74
sRNA	10	3	3	14	4
Transposases	65	55	11	50	13