Factors Influencing the Identification of Transcription Factor Binding Sites by Cross-Species Comparison

Table 1.

Species Characteristics

Species Family Predominant habitat(s) Genome size ORFs %G + C content
Escherichia coli K-12, strain MG1655 Enterobacteriaceae Mammalian intestine; contaminated food/water 4,639,221 bp (C) 4290 50.7
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT-18 Enterobacteriaceae Human intestine & bloodstream; contaminated food/water 4,809,037 bp (C) 4599 52.1
Yersinia pestis CO-92, Biovar Orientalis Enterobacteriaceae Human & rodent bloodstream 4,653,728 bp (C) 4012 47.6
Buchnerasp. APS Enterobacteriaceae, aphid endosymbionts bacteriocytes of aphid (obligate endosymbiont) 640,681 bp (C)  583 26.3
Haemophilus influenzae Rd, strain KW20 Pasteurellaceae Human nasopharynx 1,830,138 bp (C) 1738 38.0
Vibrio cholerae El Tor, strain N16961 Vibrionaceae Human small bowel 4,033,464 bp (C) 3890 47.5
Shewanella oneidensisMR-1 Alteromonadaceae Fresh & marine water/sediments ∼4.50 Mbp (P) n.a. ∼46
Pseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1 Pseudomonadaceae Soil; human opportunistic pathogen 6,264,403 bp (C) 5570 66.6
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 Unclassified Acidic water/soil ∼2.90 Mbp (P) n.a. ∼59
Xylella fastidiosa strain 9a5c Xanthomonas Xylem of host plant 2,679,306 bp (C) 2782 52.7
  • ORFs indicates open reading frames; n.a., not available.

  • Genome sizes are from the chromosome data only and do not include plasmid sequences; C indicates complete genome; P, genome sequencing in gap closure.

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