Table 1

Proportions of cA genes in the 67 large DNA viruses.

Classification

Virus

Genome size (bp)

Genomic G+C (%)

Number of analyzed CDS

Number of cA genes

Proportions of cA genes (%)

Co-localization^a

Caudovirales

Enterobacteria phage RB43

180500

43.2

177

15

8.47

-

Enterobacteria phage T4

168903

35.3

175

8

4.57

-

Pseudomonas phage phiEL

211215

49.33

178

18

10.11

-

Pseudomonas phage phiKZ

280334

36.83

278

27

9.71

-

Mycobacterium phage Bxz1

156102

64.77

147

27

18.37

-

Enterobacteria phage RB69

167560

37.66

160

11

6.88

*

Enterobacteria phage RB49

164018

40.44

160

12

7.5

-

Vibrio phage KVP40

244835

42.6

256

18

7.03

-

Aeromonas phage 44RR2.8t

173591

43.88

173

7

4.05

-

Aeromonas phage Aeh1

233234

42.78

228

13

5.7

-

Bacteriophage S-PM2

196280

37.82

135

28

20.74

*

Cyanophage P-SSM2

252401

35.51

212

33

15.57

*

Cyanophage P-SSM4

178249

36.74

121

20

16.53

**

Aeromonas phage 31

172963

43.91

173

10

5.78

-

Bacteriophage c-st

185683

26.28

151

8

5.3

-

Alphaherpesvirinae

Cercopithecine herpesvirus 16

156487

76.09

71

18

25.35

-

Equid herpesvirus 1

150224

56.67

79

12

15.19

-

Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1

156789

74.46

71

23

32.39

-

Human herpesvirus 2

154746

70.39

72

21

29.17

*

Human herpesvirus 1

152261

68.28

72

24

33.33

-

Psittacid herpesvirus 1

163025

60.95

71

8

11.27

-

Gallid herpesvirus 2

174077

43.89

106

19

17.92

*

Gallid herpesvirus 3

164270

53.61

92

19

20.65

***

Cercopithecine herpesvirus 2

150715

75.97

71

22

30.99

*

Meleagrid herpesvirus 1

159160

47.56

85

8

9.41

***

Betaherpesvirinae

Pongine herpesvirus 4

241087

61.7

155

67

43.23

***

Human herpesvirus 6B

162114

42.77

91

6

6.59

-

Murid herpesvirus 1

230278

58.73

156

52

33.33

***

Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169

230287

57.19

145

53

36.55

***

Human herpesvirus 6

159321

42.44

107

11

10.28

-

Human herpesvirus 7

153080

36.22

78

8

10.26

-

Cercopithecine herpesvirus 8

221454

49.14

223

80

35.87

-

Murid herpesvirus 2

230138

61.01

165

87

52.73

***

Human herpesvirus 5 strain Merlin

235645

57.48

153

56

36.6

***

Tupaiid herpesvirus 1

195859

66.61

144

59

40.97

***

Gammaherpesvirinae

Human herpesvirus 4

171823

59.5

90

37

41.11

*

Equid herpesvirus 2

184427

57.5

74

28

37.84

-

Cercopithecine herpesvirus 15

171096

61.94

77

22

28.57

*

Herpesvirinae Uncl.

Ostreid herpesvirus 1

207439

38.73

121

7

5.79

-

Chordopoxvirinae

Monkeypox virus

196858

33.09

162

3

1.85

-

Camelpox virus

205719

33.17

171

6

3.51

**

Cowpox virus

224499

33.4

189

2

1.06

-

Myxoma virus

161773

43.56

147

5

3.4

-

Rabbit fibroma virus

159857

39.53

138

4

2.9

-

Ectromelia virus

209771

33.18

154

6

3.9

-

Variola virus

185578

32.73

152

6

3.95

-

Molluscum contagiosum virus

190289

63.36

139

43

30.94

***

Canarypox virus

359853

30.37

291

14

4.81

-

Fowlpox virus

288539

30.89

230

12

5.22

-

Lumpy skin disease virus

150773

25.91

136

4

2.94

-

Vaccinia virus

194711

33.34

179

3

1.68

-

Entomopoxvirinae

M. sanguinipes entomopoxvirus

236120

18.27

208

15

7.21

-

A. moorei entomopoxvirus 'L'

232392

17.78

218

16

7.34

-

Poxvirinae Uncl.

Mule deer poxvirus

166259

26.16

148

2

1.35

-

Asfarviridae

African swine fever virus

170101

38.95

129

22

17.05

**

Baculovirviridae

M. configurata NPV-A

155060

41.68

146

7

4.79

-

M. configurata NPV-B

158482

40.04

146

7

4.79

-

L. dispar MNPV

161046

57.47

133

34

25.56

-

Xestia c-nigrum granulovirus

178733

40.68

145

8

5.52

-

Iridoviridae

Lymphocystis disease virus

186250

27.23

127

7

5.51

-

Invertebrate iridescent virus 6

212482

28.63

178

15

8.43

-

Mimiviridae

A. polyphaga mimivirus

1181404

27.96

910

83

9.12

-

Phycodnaviridae

E. huxleyi virus 86

407339

40.18

416

44

10.58

-

P. bursaria Chlorella virus 1

330743

39.97

426

117

27.46

-

E. siliculosus virus 1

335593

51.73

209

25

11.96

-

Nimaviridae

Shrimp white spot syndrome virus

305107

41.01

245

96

39.18

-

Unclassified Virus

H. zea virus 1

228089

41.86

104

25

24.04

*

a. '-' no significance; * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001.

Monier et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:456   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-456