Whole genome sequencing and identification of Bacillus endophyticus and B. anthracis isolated from anthrax outbreaks in South Africa

Table 3 Genome comparison features of the Bacillus endophyticus strains used in the study

	B. endophyticus 3631_9D	B. endophyticus 3618_1C	B. endophyticus 3631_10C	B. endophyticus 3617_2C	B. endophyticus Hbe603^a
Genome size (bp)	5,311,808	5,379,838	5,243,706	5,319,031	5,313,985
GC content (%)	36	36	36	36	36
Total contigs	57	68	60	99	9
N50	304,287	152,600	277,642	99,724	4,865,574
Maximum contig	820,841	657,546	874,718	224,909	NA
Minimum contig	307	141	1164	227	NA
Coding sequences (CDS)^b	5310	5470	5358	5408	5455
RNAs	68	54	50	47	114
Prophage regions	1	7	2	2	4
Chromosome (size)	5,056,260	5,011,594	5,305,974	5,231,075	4,865,574
Number of plasmids^c	7	4	6	6	8

^aBacillus endophyticus Hbe603 was used as a reference strain in this study
^bCoding sequences predicted using RAST
^cBLASTn with an e-value of 1e-10 and > 90% identity was used against the B. endophyticus Hbe603 plasmids
NA not available

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