Skip to main content

Table 1 Overview of nucleomorph genome sequences from five Cryptomonas species

From: Gene loss, pseudogenization, and independent genome reduction in non-photosynthetic species of Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) revealed by comparative nucleomorph genomics

Species

C. paramecium

CCAP977/2a

C. paramecium

KR

Cryptomonas sp.

CCAC1634B

C. curvata

KR

C. curvata

CCAP979/52

Photosynthetic ability

Non-photosynthetic

Non-photosynthetic

Non-photosynthetic

Photosynthetic

Photosynthetic

Genome size (bp)

487,066

485,846

659,094

648,596

655,103

 Chromosome 1

177,338

177,314

222,674

218,189

220,181

 Chromosome 2

160,189

159,632

226,007

223,368

226,142

 Chromosome 3

149,539

148,900

212,691

207,039

208,780

G + C content (%)

26.2

26.03

27.83

23.93

24.67

Number of genes

 Protein-coding genes

466

411

492

495

504

 tRNAs

12/11/11

13/13/13

13/13/16

13/13/15/

13/13/16

 rRNAs

5/5/8

5/5/8

8/8/8

8/8/8

8/8/8

 Total

519

467

558

560

570

No. of functional protein-coding genes

287

292

320

328

329

No. of plastid-associated genes

18

17

19

31

31

No. of hypothetical ORFs

179

119

173

167

175

No. of predicted spliceosomal introns

1

(rfc2)

1

(rfc2)

5

(rfc2, rps9, rps15, rps17, rps28)

6

(rfc2, rps9, rps15, rps16, rps17, rps28)

6

(rfc2, rps9, rps15, rps16, rps17, rps28)

Telomere sequence

GA9

GA15-18

T(GTA)3AG6AGA(AG)6G3AG5

(GA)4GT

(GA)3GT

GenBank accession numbers

NC_015329

NC_015330

NC_015331

OP250973

OP250974

OP250975

OP250976

OP250977

OP250978

OP250979

OP250980

OP250981

OP250982

OP250983

OP250984