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Table 1 The general properties of the genomes are compared

From: Comparison of Francisella tularensis genomes reveals evolutionary events associated with the emergence of human pathogenic strains

Property

Strain (subspecies)

 

U112 (novicida)

Schu S4 (tularensis)

LVS (holarctica)

Size (base pairs)

1,910,031

1,892,819

1,895,998

GC content (%)

32.47

32.26

32.15

Protein coding genes

1731

1445

1380

Pseudogenes

14

254

303

ISFtu1 or remnant

1

53

59

ISFtu2 or remnant

18

18

43

ISFtu3 or remnant

4

3

3

ISFtu4 or remnant

1

1

1

ISFtu5 or remnant

0

1

1

ISFtu6 or remnant

2

3

2

Source (year, place)

Water (1950, Utah)

Human (1941, Ohio)

Live vaccine strain (ca. 1930, Russia)

  1. LVS, live vaccine strain.