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Table 1 Sliding window size and OU pattern types (oligomer lengths) selected for sequences of different length present in the SeqWord database.

From: The SeqWord Genome Browser: an online tool for the identification and visualization of atypical regions of bacterial genomes through oligonucleotide usage

Sequence length

Sliding window

Step

OU pattern type

> 2 Mbp

8 kbp

2 kbp

4 mer

from 1 mbp to 2 Mbp

5 kbp

0.5 kbp

4 mer

from 0.5 mbp to 1 Mbp

3 kbp

0.3 kbp

3 mer

< 0.5 Mbp

1.5 kbp

0.15 kbp

3 mer