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Table 1 Comparison of genomic features of Cyclospora cayetanensis (Ccay) and other apicomplexan parasitesa

From: Comparative genomics reveals Cyclospora cayetanensis possesses coccidia-like metabolism and invasion components but unique surface antigens

Category

Cpar

Pfal

Bbov

Tgon

Eten

Ccay

No. of chromosomes

8

14

4

14

14

-

Total length of assembly (Mb)

9.10

22.85

8.18

65.67

51.86

44.03

No. of super contigs

8

16

14

2,263

4,664

2,297

GC content (%)

30.3

20.0

41.5

48.5

52.5

51.8

No. of genes

3,805

5,542

3,706

8,322

8,597

7,457

Total length of CDS (Mb)

6.83

12.58

5.58

20.03

13.05

11.92

GC content in CDS (%)

31.9

25.0

43.7

56.0

58.1

55.8

Mean length of genes (bp)

1,720

2,271

1,506

2,407

1,518

1,599

Gene density (genes/Mb)

418.1

242.5

453.1

126.7

165.8

169.4

Percent coding (%)

75.0

55.1

68.2

30.5

25.2

27.1

No. of genes with intron

163

3,055

2,241

6,729

6,563

6,358

% genes with introns

4.2

55.1

60.5

80.9

76.3

85.3

No. of tRNA

45

72

70

174

-

144

No. of tRNAMet

2

2

4

8

-

7

No. of rRNAb

15

28

-

420

4

11

No. of proteins with signal peptide

397

638

350

759

775

538

No. of proteins with apicoplast targeting signal

(22)

189

99

148

182

105

No. of proteins with transmembrane domain

832

1,754

677

1,103

1,378

1,247

No. of proteins with GPI-anchor

63

62

51

255

371

225

Apicoplast genome size (bp)

-

34,682

33,351

34,996

34,750

34,155

Mitochondrial genome size (bp)

-

5,967

6,005

~6,000c

6,213

6,229

  1. aSources of data: Cryptosporidium parvum (Cpar): CryptoDB release-6.0; Plasmodium falciparum (Pfal): PlasmoDB release-11.1; Babesia bovis (Bbov): PiroplasmaDB release-5.1; Toxoplasma gondii (Tgon): ToxoDB release-11.0; Eimeria tenella (Eten): ToxoDB release-11.0. Data on proteins with signal peptides, apicoplast targeting signal peptides and GPI-anchors were based on calculations using software specified in Methods. Dashes indicate the lack of data (for E. tenella) or the absence of organelles (for C. parvum)
  2. bBased on annotation; actual numbers are greater due to the repetitive nature of the rRNA unit
  3. cBased on Seeber et al. (2014) [72]