Table 2 Genome characteristics of Escherichia coli, Buchnera, Prochlorococcus and simulations.
From: In silico experimental evolution: a tool to test evolutionary scenarios
Genome characteristics | Free-living vs Endosymbionts | Prochlorococcus | Experimental evolution | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. coli | Buchnera | Non reduced | Reduced | k = 750 | k = 250 | ||||
Genome size (bp) | 5.13 × 106 ±0.2 × 106 | 0.586 × 106 ±0.09 × 106 | -89% | 2.545 × 106 ±0.19 × 106 | 1.726 × 106 ±0.07 × 106 | -32% | 11,836 ±261 | 7,746 ±652 | -35% |
Coding bases (bp) | 4.54 × 106 ±0.14 × 106 | 0.508 × 106 ±0.1 × 106 | -89% | 2.136 × 106 ±0.22 × 106 | 1.54 × 106 ±0.05 × 106 | -28% | 6,797 ±320 | 5,453 ±729 | -20% |
Non coding bases (bp) | 5.882 × 105 ±0.74 × 105 | 0.774 × 105 ±0.18 × 105 | -87% | 4.112 × 105 ±0.26 × 105 | 1.849 × 105 ±0.27 × 105 | -55% | 5,038 ±168 | 2,293 ±329 | -55% |
% coding bases | 88.6 ±1 | 86.5 ±4 | -2% | 83.2 ±2.3 | 89.3 ±1.2 | +7% | 57.4 ±1.7 | 70.2 ±5 | +22% |
Gene number | 5,095 ±166 | 545 ±98 | -89% | 2,733 ±570 | 1,987 ±153 | -27% | 107 ±9 | 91 ±8 | -15% |
Average gene length (bp) | 896.2 ±4.7 | 931 ±14.2 | +4% | 797 ±85.6 | 769.1 ±36.3 | -4% | 66.6 ±6.2 | 67.5 ±14.1 | +1% |