Table 2 Characteristics of the small outlier chromosomes for Bathycoccus and one Micromonas and one Ostreococcus species
Species | Chromosome number | Size (kb) | GC (%) | ORF number | Gene densities (bp/gene) | Identified genes | Sugar metabolism | Methylation enzymes | Other function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bathycoccus sp. | 19 | 146 | 42 | 72 | 2,031 | 34 (47%) | 17 (24%) | 7 (10%) | 4 (6%) |
Ostreococcus lucimarinus | 18 | 149 | 53 | 78 | 1,915 | 32 (41%) | 16 (21%) | 5 (6%) | 11 (14%) |
Micromonas sp. RCC299 | 17 | 215 | 51 | 80 | 2,684 | 30 (38%) | 14 (18%) | 7 (9%) | 9 (11%) |