Table 2. Summary of Hydrodictyon reticulatum, Pediastrum duplex and other Sphaeropleales plastomes.

%Coding includes all CDS (including orfs), tRNAs and rRNAs (both IRs); %GC content includes both IRs; Genes includes CDS (including orfs), tRNAs and rRNAs (both IRs).

Species	Strain	GenBank	Size (bp)	%GC	%Coding	Non-Coding (bp)	Genes	Introns	IR (bp)
Acutodesmus obliquus	UTEX 393	DQ396875	161,452	26.9	56.0	55,454	106	10	12,022
Ankyra judai	SAG 17.84	KT199255	157,224	28.3	57.0	64,708	109	2	8,247
Bracteacoccus aerius	UTEX 1250	KT199254	165,732	31.7	54.9	74,226	103	2	7,271
Bracteacoccus minor	UTEX B66	KT199253	192,761	31.9	48.4	96,439	104	3	9,577
Chlorotetraedron incus	SAG 43.81	KT199252	193,197	27.1	46.7	94,081	106	10	13,490
Chromochloris zofingiensis	UTEX 56	KT199251	188,937	30.9	47.2	97,693	106	2	6,375
Hydrodictyon reticulatum	HAM0289	KY114065	225,641	32.1	59.6	91,268	111	5	18,296
Kirchneriella aperta	SAG 2004	KT199250	207,516	34.1	42.3	76,270	106	27	35,503
Mychonastes homosphaera	CAUP H 6502	KT199249	102,718	39.8	80.1	20,264	105	1	6,472
Neochloris aquatica	UTEX 138	KT199248	166,767	30.3	50.9	54,026	102	32	18,217
Pediastrum duplex	EL0201CT	KY114064	232,554	32.6	53.3	108,632	125	8	19,830
Pseudomuriella schumacherensis	SAG 2137	KT199256	220,357	31.2	41.6	117,502	109	8	22,004