Table 1 General features of N. meningitidis based on six (re)annotated genome sequences
N. meningitidis strain | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genome feature | 8013 | Z2491 | MC58 | FAM18 | 053442 | α14 |
Size (bp) | 2,277,550 | 2,184,406 | 2,272,360 | 2,194,961 | 2,153,416 | 2,145,295 |
G+C content (%) | 51.4 | 51.8 | 51.5 | 51.6 | 51.7 | 51.9 |
Coding density (%) | 76 | 76.9 | 76.5 | 77.2 | 76.5 | 78.3 |
Genes | 1,912 | 1,878 | 1,914 | 1,872 | 1,817 | 1,809 |
Pseudogenes | 55 | 63 | 69 | 55 | 57 | 59 |
Truncated genes | 69 | 48 | 48 | 56 | 68 | 51 |
Silent cassettes | 25 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
Strain-specific genes | 38 | 41 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 44 |
tRNA | 59 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 58 |
rRNA operons | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |