Table 2 |
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Obtaining information on synteny blocks |
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species 2 |
synteny blocks |
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B. subtilisa Taxonomy |
Species name |
Taxonomy |
Proteome size |
average size |
longest size |
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Bacillaceae |
Oceanobacillus iheyensis |
Bacillaceae |
3500 |
3.6 |
23 |
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Firmicutes |
Shewanella oneidensis |
Proteobacteria |
4471 |
2.4 |
8 |
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Firmicutes |
Synechocystis species |
Cyanobacteria |
3167 |
2.8 |
8 |
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Firmicutes |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Actinobacteria |
4187 |
2.5 |
11 |
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Bacteria |
Methanosarcina acetivorans |
Archaea |
4540 |
2.3 |
7 |
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The average size (number of genes) of synteny blocks is dependent on the taxonomic distance separating a pair of genomes that have been compared at the level of their genetic context. a The size of the B. subtilis proteome is 4112. |
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Lemoine et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2008 9:536 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-536 |
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