Table 1. Genome properties of leaf nodule symbionts.
| Ca. B. kirkii | Ca. B. punctata | Ca. B. pumila | Ca. B. schumanniana | Ca. B. umbellata | Ca. B. brachyanthoides | Ca. B humilis | Ca. B. verschuerenii | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of contigs | 305 | 48 | 519 | 283 | 307 | 685 | 354 | 446 |
| Genome size (Mb) | 4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| GC content (%) | 63 | 64 | 59 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 62 |
| Total number of ORFs | 6260 | 4802 | 5145 | 2262 | 5913 | 3508 | 5256 | 5939 |
| Number of intact ORFs | 2069 | 2323 | 1737 | 1459 | 2002 | 2137 | 3121 | 4699 |
| Mobile elements in the genome (%) | 10 | 11 | 5.6 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| rRNA | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| tRNA | 52 | 47 | 51 | 48 | 52 | 47 | 48 | 53 |
Abbreviations: GC, guanine and cytosine; ORFs, open reading frames; rRNA, ribosomal RNA; tRNA, transfer RNA.