Table 1.

General Features of the T. whipplei Genome


Genome size

927,303 bp
G + C content 46.3%
Coding content 85.6%
ORFs 808
    Median size 287 aa
    Annotated 535 (66%)
    Best database match 678 (84%)
        High G + C gram-positive bacteria 552
            Streptomyces coelicolor 292
            Mycobacterium tuberculosis 95
            Corynebacterium glutamicum 72
            Mycobacterium leprae 36
            Other species 57
        Low G + C Gram-positive bacteria 39
        Proteobacteria 47
        Other bacteria 19
        Archaca 13
        Eucarya 7
        Viruses (Equine herpesvirus 1) 1
ORFans 130 (16%)
RNA 54
    rRNA 3 (1 set)
    tRNA 49 (20 species)
    tmRNA 1
    M1 RNA (RNase P)
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