Table 2.
The most frequent significant MAWs across species (this includes reverse-complement MAW pairs, whose significance estimates may differ slightly, based on sequence composition of one DNA strand)
| MAWs | Length | Number of species | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCGCGCGCGCGC | 12 | 36 | Bacteria |
| CGCGCGCGCGCG | 12 | 35 | Bacteria |
| AGGCGCCT | 8 | 31 | Archaea & bacteria |
| TTTTTTTTTT | 10 | 22 | Archaea & bacteria |
| GGGCCCCCCC | 10 | 21 | Bacteria |
| GGGGGGGCCC | 10 | 21 | Bacteria |
| AAAAAAAAAA | 10 | 19 | Archaea & bacteria |
| TAATTCGAA | 9 | 19 | Bacteria |
| TTCGAATTA | 9 | 19 | Bacteria |
| AAAAAAAAAAA | 11 | 18 | Archaea & bacteria |
| AGAGGCGCC | 9 | 18 | Archaea & bacteria |
| GCCCCCCCC | 9 | 18 | Archaea & bacteria |