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. 2016 Feb 1;7:10513. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10513

Table 2. Assembly and gene prediction statistics for the draft genomes of all recognized non-encapsulated Trichinella taxa*.

Description T4.1 ISS13 T4.2 ISS588 T4.3 ISS176 T4.4 ISS470 T4.5 ISS141 T10 ISS1980 T11 ISS1029
Country of origin Russia Russia Kazakhstan USA Australia Thailand Zimbabwe
Host of origin Raccoon Brown rat Tawny eagle Black vulture Spotted quoll Human Nile crocodile
Genome size (bp) 49,202,366 48,147,010 49,171,591 48,479,966 46,056,875 46,871,975 50,937,231
Number of scaffolds; contigs 7,287; 8,136 7,547; 7,647 6,600; 7,483 6,287; 7,079 1,381; 2,571 2,552; 3,122 11,275; 12,675
N50 (bp) 235,426 112,255 287,133 234,172 167,180 222,396 205,645
N90 (bp) 60,266 9,250 69,797 50,288 50,779 64,723 8,776
Genome GC content (%) 32.61 32.58 32.57 32.69 32.46 32.7 32.87
Coding GC content (%) 42.64 42.39 42.44 42.62 42.24 42.25 42.41
Exonic proportion; including introns (%) 33.63; 72.68 34.73; 71.61 34.24; 73.39 29.84; 61.96 33.73; 67.98 35.96; 76.49 33.92; 72.45
Number of putative coding genes 12,699 13,754 12,462 14,708 11,006 11,854 14,933
Mean gene size (bp) 2,955 2,620 3,053 2,071 2,944 3,169 2,591
Mean CDS length (bp) 1,041 1,006 1,052 994 1,122 1,133 933
Mean exon count per gene 6.58 6.22 6.66 5.91 6.64 6.92 5.87
Mean exon length (bp) 210.71 207.52 217.94 169.78 222.84 217.53 209.41
Mean intron length (bp) 281.73 255.09 283.56 217.87 260.03 281.51 280.34
Total length of coding sequences 25,932,768 21,637,764 25,191,644 15,904,360 22,611,694 24,407,202 26,665,876
Repetitive sequences (%) 18.01 18.41 17.73 17.71 16.12 14.47 20.99
CEG completeness: complete; partial (%) 96.77; 97.58 96.37; 97.58 96.77; 97.58 97.18; 97.58 95.97; 97.58 96.37; 97.58 97.18; 97.58

CDS, coding DNA sequence; CEG, core essential gene; ISS, Istituto Superiore di Sanità.

International Trichinella Reference Center ( http://www.iss.it/site/Trichinella/) ISS codes are indicated.

*T4=T. pseudospiralis (including five distinct populations: T4.1–T4.5); T10=T. papuae; T11=T. zimbabwensis.