TABLE 3.

Comparison of the main characteristics of the two new symbionts (the best drafts) with their closest relatives.

Genome	Louse host	Mammal host	Genome size (bp)	GC content (%)	Coding density (%)	CDS	Predicted proteins	Hypothetical proteins	Pseudogens	Transposases	Phage-related sequences	Mobile elements	BUSCO evaluation (%)
Lightella neohaematopini (L207)	Neohaematopinus pacificus	Tamias alpinus	462,938	22.2	90.5	449	443	23	29	0	0	0	45.2
Puchtella sp. str. PRUG	Pedicinus badii	Procolobus rufomitratus	558,122	24.2	92.4	602	547	34	47	0	0	0	72.7
Neisseriaceae-related symbiont (N206)	Neohaematopinus pacificus	Tamias obscurus	1,476,030	33.7	75.7	1,501	1,472	515	133	2	2	0	62.2
Neisseriaceae-related symbiont (PsAf)	Polyplax serrata	Apodemus flavicollis	1,814,374	33.7	89.4	1,739	1,660	336	106	5	0	0	85.8
Neisseriaceae-related symbiont (HaMa)	Hoplopleura acanthopus	Microtus arvalis	1,607,498	33.4	83.5	1,369	1,303	207	11	11	0	0	80.9