The Chlamydophila abortus genome sequence reveals an array of variable proteins that contribute to interspecies variation

Table 1.

Summary of the Cp. abortus genome features compared to representatives of the other sequenced chlamydial genomes

	Cp. abortus (S26/3)	Cp. caviae (GPIC)	C. trachomatis (serovar D)	C. muridarum (Nigg)	Cp. pneumoniae (AR39)
Genome size (bp)	1,144,377	1,173,390	1,042,519	1,072,950	1,229,858
% GC of genome	39.87	39.22	41.31	40.34	40.57
% GC of CDS^a	40.5	38.82	41.66	40.69	41.29
% coding	88.2	89.4	90.1	90.0	89.0
No. of CDS^a	961	1009	894	921	1130
Avg. aa % ID to Cp. abortus orthologs	—	85	65	66	69
No. of Pmp proteins	18	18^b	9	9	21
No. of tRNA	38	38	37	37	38
No. of rRNA operons	1	1	2	2	1

↵a CDS, coding sequences.
↵b Seventeen reported in the original publication (Read et al. 2003) lacked CCA00285.

Published in Advance April 18, 2005, doi: 10.1101/gr.3684805 Genome Res. 2005. 15: 629-640

The Chlamydophila abortus genome sequence reveals an array of variable proteins that contribute to interspecies variation