TABLE 1.

Summary of genome sequence statistics for important human and animal Plasmodium species^a

Host	Parasite species or strain	No. of PIRb genes	Genome size (Mb)	GC content (%)	No. of scaffolds	No. of predicted genesc	No. of predicted proteinsc	Data release date (mo/day/yr)	Data update date (mo/day/yr)	Reference(s)
Humans	P. falciparum 3D7	189	23.2	19.3	14	5,712	5,460	10/2/02	3/31/16	27, 29
	P. vivax	1,212	29.1	39.7	374	6,830	6,677	10/6/16	10/6/16	8, 285
	P. ovale	>2,100	33.5	29.4	779	6,986	6,228	8/3/16	9/15/16	33
	P. ovale subsp. wallikeri	1,375	33.5	28.9	1,914	8,582	8,421	6/16/16	6/16/16	8
	P. ovale subsp. curtisi	1,949	33.5	28.4	4,025	7,280	7,162	6/16/16	6/16/16	8
	P. malariae	255	33.6	24.7	63	6,709	6,573	9/23/16	9/23/16	8
	P. knowlesi	71	24.4	38.7	28	5,483	5,323	5/15/17	5/15/17	6, 8
	P. inui San Antonio		27.4	42.4	323	5,879	5,832	1/31/14	4/31/14	https://plasmodb.org/plasmo/app/record/organism/NCBITAXON_1237626
Chimpanzees	P. reichenowi	351	24.0	19.3	261	5,909	5,741	3/25/18	3/25/18	29
Old World monkeys	P. cynomolgi B	265	26.2	40.4	1,663	5,776	5,716	5/31/12	9/16/15	31
	P. coatneyi Hackeri	771	27.7	39.7	14	5,575	5,516	7/6/16	2/2/17	https://plasmodb.org/plasmo/app/record/organism/TMPTX_pcoaHackeri
Rodents	P. yoelii 17X	980	22.8	21.1	154	6,257	6,091	8/27/14	10/26/17	28, 286
	P. berghei ANKA	217	18.5	22.1	100	5,245	4,928	8/27/14	10/24/17	28, 286
	P. chabaudi AS	201	18.9	23.6	39	5,364	5,217	8/27/14	5/13/16	28, 286
	P. vinckei		18.2	23.4	49	5,009	4,954	6/16/14	7/30/14	287, 288
Birds	P. relictum SGS1	4	22.6	18.4	498	5,306	5,138	11/17/16	1/9/17	30
	P. gallinaceum 8A	20	23.8	17.8	152	5,439	5,280		1/9/17	30, 289, 290

^aAll information was obtained through PubMed searches. More sequences from different strains of each species may be available.

^bPIR, Plasmodium interspersed repeat.

^cIncludes updated information from PlasmoDB.