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