Table 1 Sporisorium scitamineum genome statistics compared to that of other sequenced smut fungi

Assembly statistics

Total contig length (Mb)

19.8

20.7

19.7

18.2

Total number of contigs

321

2,953

275

915

Total scaffold length (Mb)

19.9

21.2

19.7

18.5

Total number of scaffolds

58

713

275

45

Average base coverage (X)

213

20

10

20

N₅₀ contig (kb)

41

15.8

127

36

N₅₀ scaffold (kb)

884.0

307.7

127.0

772.3

GC content (%)

54.85

52.00

54.00

59.70

Coding sequence

Percentage coding (%)

64.4

59.9

64.1

66.9

Average gene size (bp)

1,936

1,782

1,935

1,852

Average gene density (kb/gene)

2.98

2.91

3.01

2.73

Protein-coding genes

6,636

7,110

6,548

6,673

Exons

11,521

10,995

11,458

9,751

Average exon size (bp)

1,044

1,102

1,049

1,225

Exons/gene

1.74

1.55

1.75

1.46

Noncoding sequence

Introns

4,885

3,161

4,920

3,078

Introns/gene

0.74

0.44

0.75

0.46

Average intron length (bp)

167

141

128

135

NCBI accession

JFOL01000000

CAGI01000001.1

NW_101241.1

FQ311472.1