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TABLE 6.

Genome sizes of various bacteria as determined by flow cytometry

Organism	G+C content (mol %)	Genome size
		Determined by flow cytometry		Previously published (Mb)
		fg	Mb	Previously published (Mb)
E. coli	51.7^a	5.17	4.7	4.7^b
M. arcticus	52.7^c	3.3	3.0
C. oligotrophus	43^d	3.5	3.2
Sphingomonas sp. strain RB2256	65^e	4.2	3.9
B. diminuta	67^f	1.8	1.6	3.5^g

Data from reference 21.

Data from reference 50.

Data from reference 19.

Data from reference 68.

Value for other Sphingomonas strains (54).

Data from reference 54.

Data from reference 23.