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Table 1 Genome features of Bt and Bp

From: Genomic patterns of pathogen evolution revealed by comparison of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, to avirulent Burkholderia thailandensis

Feature

Bp

Bt

 

Chromosome 1

Chromosome 2

Chromosome 1

Chromosome 2

Size (bp)

4074542

3173005

3809201

2914771

No. of genes

3460

2394

3282

2363

Percentage coding

3454/3460

2394/2394

3282/3344

2363/2373

Average gene length (nt)

1177

1325

1139

1228

%G + C content

67.7%

68.5%

67.3%

68%

tRNA

53

8

52

6

rRNA

9

3

9

3

No. of Specific genes

484

370

312

339

No. of conserved genes

2970

2024

2970

2024