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Table 1 Comparison between Buchnera aphidicola from 10 aphid species and Escherichia coli str. K12

From: Host-specific co-evolution likely driven by diet in Buchnera aphidicola

Aphid host

NCBI Accession

Genome size (bp)

Protein coding genes

tRNA genes

rRNA genes

Other RNA genes

Total genes

Avg. protein coding gene length (bp)

Avg. intergenic distance (bp)a

Acyrthosiphon kondoi

NC_017256

641 794

581

32

3

3

619

972

122.8

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Str. 5A)

NC_011833

642 122

579

31

3

3

616

975.1

125.8

Baizongia pistaciae

NC_004545

615 980

518

32

3

3

556

969.9

206.7

Cinara cedri

NC_008513

416 380

366

31

3

3

403

973

137.2

Cinara tujafilana

NC_015662

444 925

393

31

3

3

430

918.7

191.4

Diuraphis noxia

NZ_CP013259

636 266

578

32

3

3

616

971.6

119.6

Myzus persicae (Str. G002)

NZ_CP002701

643 517

585

32

3

3

623

981.7

109.9

Schizaphis graminum

NC_004061

641 454

592

32

3

3

630

962.9

110.7

Uroleucon ambrosiae

NC_017259

615 380

546

32

3

3

584

982.2

136.1

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

NC_000913

4 641 652

4 315

86

22

99

4 522

933

132.8

  1. a Including distances between protein coding genes and all RNA genes
  2. Comparison of the genic content and genomic features of Buchnera aphidicola from 10 different aphid species and its closest free-living relative, Escherichia coli str. K12, based on available genome annotation. No pseudogenes were considered in drawing the table