Genome sequence of Haloarcula marismortui: A halophilic archaeon from the Dead Sea

Table 1.

Architecture of the 4,274,642 bp H. marismortui genome


Replicons

Size (bp)

% G+C

RNA

IS H elementsa

Transposases
Chromosome I 3,131,724 62.36 48 tRNAs, rrnA, rrnC 13 15
Chromosome II 288,050 57.23 1 tRNA and rrnB 7 7
pNG700 410,554 59.12 5S rRNA 2 2
pNG600 155,300 58.33 1 tRNA none none
pNG500 132,678 54.48 none 15 22
pNG400 50,060 57.35 none 3 3
pNG300 39,521 60.02 none none none
pNG200 33,452 55.63 none none none
pNG100
33,303
54.25
none
none
none
  • The three ribosomal RNA operons each containing the 16S, 23S, and 5S rRNAs are designated as rrnA, rrnB, and rrnC.

  • a Number of complete insertion sequences' elements containing terminal inverted repeats. The incomplete ISH elements are not included in this table

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 2221-2234

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