Table 1.

tRNA reference datasets for selected model organisms.

Organism	Domain	“High Confidence Set” gtRNAdb 1	Step1 Non-Redundant tRNA Set	Step2 Optimized “Collapsed” tRNA Set (d = 8)	Step3 Validated “Optimized” tRNA Set
Plasmodium falciparum 3D7	E	45	45	40
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius N8	A	50	50	33
Haloferax volcanii DS2	A	52	46	46
Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus NCTC 8325	B	59	43	31
Leishmania major strain Friedlin (ASM272v2)	E	82	49	44
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168	B	86	50	35	33
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655	B	89	48	41	39
Candida albicans A20	E	129	50	41
Candida albicans WO-1	E	146	73	58
Schizosaccharomyces pombe 972h-	E	171	60	44
Saccharomyces cerevisiae PW5	E	171	47	42
Candida glabrata CBS 138	E	189	45	38
Candida tropicalis 121	E	203	70	57
Saccharomyces cerevisiae P301	E	226	49	37
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c	E	275	54	38	38
Drosophila melanogaster (BDGP Rel. 6/dm6)	E	290	76	37 35 (d = 10)	34
Homo sapiens (GRCh37/hg19)	E	416	177	61 45 (d = 10)	43
Bombyx mori (Domestic silkworm ASM15162v1)	E	435	115	44
Arabidopsis thaliana (TAIR10 Feb 2011)	E	580	139	48	43
Zea mays B73 (RefGen_v4 AGPv4)		771	191	70
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (S. purpuratus) Mar. 2015 Spur_4.2)	E	931	192	61
Xenopus_tropicalis_v9.1	E	3010	245	68

¹ Table is sorted in ascending order of predicted “high-confidence” tRNA genes (source gtRNAdb). Bolded and underlined values shows the minimal and maximal values.