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. 2021 Feb 17;14(2):253–269. doi: 10.1007/s12304-021-09403-5

Table 3.

Parameters for the distributions of nucleotide sequences separated by a specific nucleotide

Virus Entropy S Size (“words”) Size (bases) Mean length m1 Length dispersion m2
A considered a “space” even if not being the most frequent:
A/H1N1 3.5446 4456 13371 2.0025 6.4378
Ball python nidov. 3.6911 11118 33452 2.0089 5.6785
Dengue 3.5204 3554 10723 2.0174 6.2980
Ebola 3.7703 6056 18962 2.1313 6.8261
Feline-CoV 4.0381 8572 29355 2.4246 8.8222
HCoV-229E 4.1411 7421 27317 2.6812 11.8059
HCoV-HKU1 4.0653 8332 29926 2.5918 9.7058
HCoV-NL63 4.2082 7254 27553 2.7985 11.8171
HCoV-OC43 4.1871 8503 30741 2.6154 9.6729
Hepatitis A 3.7125 2189 7478 2.4166 9.6428
Hepatitis C 4.7418 1890 9646 4.0349 23.7224
Hepatitis D 3.7600 340 1682 3.9500 30.1122
Hepatitis E 4.9569 1231 7176 4.8302 30.5829
HIV-1 3.3022 3273 9181 1.8054 5.3819
HIV-2 3.4121 3507 10359 1.9541 6.3979
HRV-A 3.4610 2389 7137 1.9879 6.3770
HRV-B 3.5822 2339 7208 2.0821 6.3131
HRV-C 3.6362 2177 6944 2.1902 7.4778
Marburg 3.6623 6256 19114 2.0555 6.5991
Measles 4.0685 4639 15894 2.4264 7.8423
MERS 4.3936 7901 30119 2.8122 11.0646
Norovirus 3.9312 2094 7600 2.6299 10.4595
Phage MS2 4.1385 836 3569 3.2703 15.0130
Planidovirus 3.0356 16361 41178 1.5169 3.6413
Polio 3.8237 2207 7440 2.3715 8.3277
Rabies 3.9758 3419 11928 2.4890 8.9910
SARS 4.1112 8482 29751 2.5077 9.4794
SARS-CoV-2 3.9369 8955 29903 2.3394 8.6559
Yellow fever 3.9853 2964 10862 2.6650 11.2174
Zika 4.0105 2992 10794 2.6080 9.3647
C is the most frequent:
Hepatitis C 3.8192 2894 9646 2.3334 8.7827
Hepatitis D 3.1128 505 1682 2.3327 13.0101
Hepatitis E 3.4866 2305 7176 2.1137 8.2778
Phage MS2 4.0693 934 3569 2.8223 9.9534
G is the most frequent:
Yellow fever 3.8711 3088 10862 2.5178 10.0036
Zika 3.8499 3140 10794 2.4379 9.3213
T is the most frequent:
Feline-CoV 3.7072 9588 29355 2.0617 6.4845
HCoV-229E 3.4910 9446 27317 1.8920 5.9998
HCoV-HKU1 3.0233 12002 29926 1.4935 3.7750
HCoV-NL63 3.0976 10806 27553 1.5499 4.0621
HCoV-OC43 3.4081 10931 30741 1.8124 5.5669
MERS 3.7682 9800 30119 2.0735 6.4379
SARS 3.8944 9144 29751 2.2537 7.9013
SARS-CoV-2 3.7307 9595 29903 2.1166 7.3059