Table 1

Statistics of conserved gene clusters in a number of microorganisms

Genome
Total genes
Total genes in clusters
Total detected clusters
Percentage
Average cluster size

Chlamydophila pneumoniae J138
1070
209
58
0.20
3.6
Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551
4187
547
161
0.13
3.4
Sinorhizobium meliloti
6205
841
230
0.14
3.7
Clostridium acetobutylicum
3672
707
166
0.19
4.3
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
3918
543
156
0.14
3.5
Staphylococcus aureus Mu50
2748
757
174
0.28
4.4
Aeropyrum pernix
2694
160
44
0.06
3.6
Clostridium perfringens
2723
633
147
0.23
4.3
Mycoplasma genitalium
480
153
40
0.32
3.8
Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58
5301
805
221
0.15
3.6
Deinococcus radiodurans
3102
389
117
0.13
3.3
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
688
167
47
0.24
3.6
Streptococcus pneumoniae R6
2043
546
151
0.27
3.6
Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 UWash
5402
832
224
0.15
3.7
Escherichia coli K12
4289
1313
287
0.31
4.6
Mycoplasma pulmonis
782
168
52
0.21
3.2
Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4
2094
534
147
0.26
3.6
Escherichia coli O157H7
5361
1327
288
0.25
4.6
Neisseria meningitidis MC58
2025
457
129
0.23
3.5
Streptococcus pyogenes
1696
501
136
0.30
3.7
Aquifex aeolicus
1553
178
57
0.11
3.1
Sulfolobus solfataricus
2977
244
65
0.08
3.8
Archaeoglobus fulgidus
2407
250
73
0.10
3.4
Nostoc sp
6129
284
88
0.05
3.2
Sulfolobus tokodaii
2826
242
65
0.09
3.7
Bacillus halodurans
4066
952
219
0.23
4.3
Borrelia burgdorferi
1709
214
57
0.13
3.8

Zheng et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2005 6:243   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-6-243