Table 2.
Genome assembly characteristics of five Plasmodium vinckei reference genomes. AT-rich P. vinckei genomes are 19.2 to 19.5 megabasepairs (Mb) long except for PvvCY which has a smaller genome size of 18.3 Mb, similar to Plasmodium berghei. PacBio long reads allowed for chromosomes to be assembled as gapless unitigs with a few exceptions. Number of genes include partial genes and pseudogenes. Copy numbers of the ten multigene families differ between the P. vinckei subspecies (ema1, erythrocyte membrane antigen 1; etramp, early transcribed membrane protein; hdh, haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase; lpl, lysophospholipases; p235, reticulocyte-binding protein; pir, Plasmodium interspersed repeat protein)
| Nuclear genome features |
P. vinckei vinckei CY |
P. vinckei brucechwatti DA |
P. vinckei lentum DE |
P. vinckei petteri CR |
P. vinckei subsp. EL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome size (Mb) | 18.34 | 19.17 | 19.31 | 19.39 | 19.50 |
| G+C content (%) | 22.94 | 23.17 | 23.33 | 23.19 | 23.16 |
| Gaps within assembly | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Genes | 5042 | 5238 | 5249 | 5310 | 5307 |
| Pseudogenes | 19 | 40 | 29 | 36 | 36 |
| ema1 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
| etramp | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| fam-a | 87 | 187 | 201 | 188 | 207 |
| fam-b | 28 | 38 | 41 | 40 | 44 |
| fam-c | 20 | 59 | 63 | 64 | 65 |
| fam-d | 6 | 13 | 27 | 21 | 21 |
| hdh | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| lpl | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| p235 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| pir | 178 | 209 | 210 | 272 | 247 |