Comparison of Mitochondrial Genome Traits in Green Algae[i]
| Trait | Cre | Ceu | Cel | Sob | Pmi | Pwi | Nol |
| Size (bp) | 15,758 | 22,897 | 22,704 | 42,919 | 25,137 | 55,328 | 45,223 |
| A+T% | |||||||
| overall | 54.8 | 65.4 | 62.2 | 63.7 | 77.8 | 74.2 | 67.2 |
| coding | 54.9 | 65.7 | 63.1 | 60.6 | 76.3 | 69.9 | 65.7 |
| non-coding | 54.5 | 63.6 | 54.2 | 69.3 | 80.2 | 84.6 | 72.7 |
| Map | linear | circular | circular | circular | circular | circular | circular |
| Coding (%) | 83.1 | 84.6 | 89.1 | 60.6 | 60.9 | 70.6 | 78.4 |
| Gene content (excluding duplicates) | |||||||
| overall number | 13 | 19 | 18 | 47 | 21 | 65 | 69 |
| protein | |||||||
| respiratory | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 18 |
| ribosomal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| rRNA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| tRNA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 26 |
| ORFs | |||||||
| free | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| intronic (I/II) | 0/0 | 7/0 | 6/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 4/0 |
| Introns | |||||||
| group I | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| group II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[i] (Cre) Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; (Ceu)Chlamydomonas eugametos; (Cel) Chlorogonium elongatum;(Pmi) Pedinomonas minor; (Sob) Scenedesmus obliquus; (Pwi) Prototheca wickerhamii; (Nol)Nephroselmis olivacea.