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Genome size correlates very well with gene number, across bacterial genomes. Each dot within this graph represents a single bacterial genome. Mycobacterium leprae is highlighted as a clear outlier to this trend. The genome of M. leprae is very large relative to its functional gene count, due to uncharacteristically high maintenance of pseudogenes.
