TABLE 1.

General features of sequenced bifidobacterial strains

Species	Strain	Average coverage (fold)	No. of contigs	Genome length (bp)	Average GC content (%)	No. of predicted ORFs	No. of tRNAs	No of rRNAsa	Biological origin	GenBank accession no.
B. asteroides	1460B	104.83	38	2,121,817	60.46	1,653	45	2	Honeybee hindgut	PCHJ00000000
B. pseudolongum	1370B	89.46	17	1,902,036	62.97	1,571	52	4	Feces of pig	PCHI00000000
B. pseudolongum	1520B	115.03	17	2,008,481	63.12	1,632	52	4	Feces of hamster	PCHH00000000
B. pseudolongum	1549B	118.25	48	1,990,203	63.19	1,686	55	4	Feces of Brahma chicken	PCHG00000000
B. pseudolongum	1595B	147.96	16	1,936,418	63.02	1,593	53	4	Feces of pig	PCHF00000000
B. pseudolongum	1691B	65.49	59	2,148,724	63.06	1,810	52	4	Feces of hippopotamus	PCHE00000000
B. pseudolongum	1734B	84.15	25	2,111,856	63.27	1,778	62	4	Feces of wallaby	PCHD00000000
B. pseudolongum	1619B	235.22	31	2,050,408	63.27	1,722	53	3	Feces of llama	PCHC00000000
B. pseudolongum	1744B	101.65	51	2,143,581	63.05	1,801	55	4	Feces of bear	PCHB00000000
B. pseudolongum	1747B	56.17	52	2,143,079	63.18	1,830	60	4	Feces of giraffe	PCHA00000000
B. pseudolongum	1524B	99.95	23	2,062,414	63.15	1,700	52	4	Feces of hamster	PCGZ00000000
B. thermophilum	1542B	89.45	36	2,359,132	60.28	1,820	47	3	Feces of pig	PCGY00000000
B. thermophilum	1543B	115.32	16	2,316,133	60.41	1,751	50	3	Feces of pig	PCGX00000000

^aPredicted number of rRNA loci.