Table 1.
General genome features of B. megaterium NCT-2 compared with other five Bacillus strains.
| Strain | B. megaterium NCT-2 | B. megaterium QM B1551 | B. megaterium DSM 319 | B. subtilis 168 | B. cereus Q1 | B. licheniformis DSM 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome size (Mb) | 5.88 | 5.52 | 5.10 | 4.22 | 5.51 | 4.22 |
| Chromosome size (Mb) | 5.19 | 5.10 | 5.10 | 4.22 | 5.21 | 4.22 |
| G+C content (%) | 37.8 | 37.97 | 38.1 | 43.5 | 35.5 | 46.2 |
| Chromosomal G+C content (%) | 38.2 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 43.5 | 35.6 | 46.2 |
| Gene number | 6039 | 5674 | 5245 | 4536 | 5856 | 4382 |
| Coding sequence number | 5606 | 5379 | 4941 | 4237 | 5513 | 4219 |
| RNA gene number | 203 | 182 | 153 | 116 | 137 | 98 |
| rRNA genes (5S, 16S, and 23S) |
53 (19, 17, 17) |
37 (13, 12, 12) |
33 (11, 11, 11) |
30 (10, 10, 10) |
39 (13, 13, 13) |
21 (7, 7, 7) |
| tRNA gene number | 142 | 137 | 114 | 86 | 93 | 72 |
| Plasmid number | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |