The complete genome sequence of Lactobacillus bulgaricus reveals extensive and ongoing reductive evolution

Table 1.

Characteristics of the L. bulgaricus ATCC11842 genome

Genome size, bp 1,864,998
Overall GC content, % 49.7
GC content of CDS,* % 51.6
GC content of CDS* at codon position 3, % 65.0†
Number of CDS* 1562
CDS* as % of genome sequence 73
Number of CDS* with unknown function 598
Number of pseudogenes‡ 270
Number of rrn operons 9
Number of tRNA genes 95

  • ↵*CDS not annotated as “fragment.”

  • ↵ ‡Corresponding to 534 CDS annotated as “fragment.”

  • ↵ †64.4% if pseudogenes are included in the analysis.

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  1. Published online before print June 5, 2006, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603024103 PNAS June 13, 2006 vol. 103 no. 24 9274-9279
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