Table 1.

cpDNA Size, Percentage of Assignments, and Presence of Introns,matK, and IR

Species Total DNA cpDNA bp No.nuclotides in ORFs No. cod DNA (%) Prot Total In Syn COGs In Syn CyanoB In other cpDNA No. assigned No.introns Presence ofmatK Presence of IR
ORFs (%)
Nongreen algae
 CyaPar135,59997,65628.014983135596.01NoYes
 GuiThe121,52497,23320.014786132874.8NoYes
 OdoSin119,70491,09823.91407511831913.60NoYes
 CyaCal164,921142,18213.81971151726199.6No
 PorPur191,028153,39619.7209120194962.90No
Euglenophyta
 EugGra143,17250,96464.466325241015.1155Yes
Green algae
 ChlVul150,61391,07439.5(174) 10645712(101) 33(58.0)3NoNot present
 MesVir118,36077,41234.61056095287.60NoYes
 NepOli200,799127,47036.5155649625736.80NoYes
Land plants
 PinThu119,70776,60536.0(160) 11437638(89) 43(55.6)YesVery small
 MarPol121,02472,52840.1895078655.6≈20YesYes
 SpiOle150,72575,10850.298497641818.4≈20YesYes
 AraTha154,47885,04444.9885078911.1≈20YesYes
 OenEla159,44388,19744.71195077123025.2YesYes
 NicTab155,93980,34348.51015074161110.9≈20YesYes
 OrySat134,52567,43449.910853782376.5≈20YesYes
 ZeaMay140,38768,77251.01115075171917.1≈20YesYes
Other
 EpiVir70,02830,34856.7241720400.0YesYes
 ToxGon34,99618,74746.426111211350.0
TOTAL226610971696141429

[i] Data about the genomes that include the size of each cpDNA, the percentage of encoding DNA (counted as the size of ORFs), the number of proteins assigned for each species, and the presence of introns, maturase (matK) and inverted repeats (IR) in the cpDNAs.