Table 1 Comparison of genome sizes among free-living, pathogenic and endosymbiotic bacteria
Bacterial species (host or origin) | Genome size (Reference) |
|---|---|
Bacteriodetes, class Flavobacteria | |
Flavobacterium johnsoniae (free-living) | ~6 Mb (Genbank AAPM00000000) |
Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis (free-living) | 4.24 Mb [36] |
Polaribacter irgensii (free-living) | 2.74 Mb [36] |
F. Psychrophilum (a fish pathogen) | 2.86 Mb [37] |
Sulcia muelleri (sharpshooters) | 245 kb [14] |
Blattabacterium cuenoti (cockroaches) | 650 kb (this study) |
Proteobacteria Endosymbionts | |
Baumannia cicadellinicola (sharpshooters) | 686 kb [11] |
Blochmannia floridanus (carpenter ants) | 705 kb [6] |
Buchnera spp. (pea arphids) | |
Carsonella ruddii (psyllids) | 160 kb [9] |
Sodalis glossinidius (tsetse flies) | 4.17 Mb [33] |
Wigglesworthia glossinidia (tsetse flies) | 698 kb [5] |
Wolbachia spp. (insects and nematodes) | |
Caryptogena symbiont (deep-sea clams) | 1.02 Mb [12] |
Riftia magnifica (deep-sea clams) | 1.16 Mb [13] |
Termite Group I Endosymbiont | |
Trichonympha symbiont (termite flagellates) | 1.13 Mb [15] |