Table 1. B. mallei genome features.
ORF summary | |
Total ORFs | 5,535 |
Assigned function | 3,173 |
Conserved hypothetical | 718 |
Unknown function | 564 |
Hypothetical proteins | 978 |
Chromosome 1 | |
Size, bp | 3,510,148 |
No. of ORFs | 3,344 |
Percent coding | 87.1 |
Average gene length, nt | 914 |
GC content, % | 68.2 |
rRNA operons | 1 complete, 1 16S only |
tRNAs | 47 |
Chromosome 2 | |
Size, bp | 2,325,379 |
No. of ORFs | 2,091 |
Percent coding | 85.7 |
Average gene length, nt | 953 |
GC content, % | 69.0 |
rRNA operons | 2 complete |
tRNAs | 9 |