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Table 1 Distribution of trp gene appearances on scaffolds and contigs in the Sargasso metagenome

From: The tryptophan pathway genes of the Sargasso Sea metagenome: new operon structures and the prevalence of non-operon organization

Gene

Total number of copies*

With other trp genes†

Alone‡

trpE

663

277

386

trpG

826

396

430

trpD

426

278

148

trpC

382

153

229

trpF

378

235

143

trpB

892

408

484

trpA

442

215

227

 

4,009

879

2,047

  1. * Total number of copies, number of occurrences of the gene in the Sargasso Sea metagenome. † With other trp genes, number of occurrences on scaffolds and contigs containing more than one trp gene. ‡ Alone, number of occurrences on scaffolds and contigs with no other trp genes