From: Genome plasticity in Paramecium bursaria revealed by population genomics
 | Paramecium bursaria | Paramecium caudatuma | Paramecium tetraureliab | Tetrahymena thermophilac | Oxytricha trifallaxd |
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Genome size (Mb) | 26.8 | 30.5 | 72.1 | 103 | 55.4 |
Sequencing platform | PacBio and Illumina | Illumina | Shotgun sequencing and Illumina | Shotgun sequencing and Illumina | PacBio and Illumina |
No. of contigs | 515 (413 + 102 ISV) | 1202 | 697 | 1158 | 19,152 |
Size distribution of chromosomes observed using pulsed-field electrophoresis (Kb) | 6–90e | 50–750f | 50–1000g | 21–1500f | 0.4–40h |
N50 (Kb) | 100 | 312.9 | 413 | 520 | 3.5 |
Longest contig (Kb) | 250 | 793 | 980 | 2216 | 66 |
Genomic GC content (%) | 28.8 | 28.2 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 31.0 |
Gene number | 15,101 | 18,673 | 40,460 | 26,996 | 18,400 |
Average gene length (bp) | 1513 | 1458 | 1427 | 2400 | 1839 |