Table 2.
Genomic Comparison of Entamoeba histolytica HM-1:IMSS, Entamoeba dispar SAW760, Entamoeba invadens IP-1, and Entamoeba moshkovskii Laredo
| Statistic | E. histolytica | E. dispar | E. invadens | E. moshkovskii |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of CDSs | 8,306 | 8,748 | 11,549 | 12,449 |
| Average gene size (bp) | 1,280 | 1,259 | 1,401 | 1,230 |
| % Coding DNA | 50.12 | 46.62 | 38.01 | 59.04 |
| Average protein size (aa) | 418 | 408 | 449 | 399 |
| Average intergenic distance (bp) | 1,223 | 1,365 | 2,139 | 798 |
| Proportion of multiexon genes (%) | 24.16 | 30.73 | 34.48 | 26.24 |
| Average intron size (bp) | 74 | 81 | 104 | 89 |
| Average number of introns per spliced gene | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.48 | 1.31 |
| Number of BUSCO orthologs | 220 | 211 | 211 | 216 |
Note.—Annotation files upon which statistics are based were obtained from AmoebaDB v2.0.