Table 5 Comparison of genome features of different species of Thermus

Genome size (bp)

2,263,488

2,127,482

2,116,056

2,355,186

G + C content (%)

68.6

69.4

69.5

64.9

Number of protein coding genes

2,279

2,210

2,173

2,458

Coding area (%)

94.4

94.8

94.9

94.0

Total number of genes

2,333

2,263

2,226

2,511

Hypothetical genes

742

734

758

619

Proteins with assigned function

1,537

1,476

1,415

1,839

rRNA

6

6

6

6

tRNA

48

47

47

47

Transposase

13

18

18

22

CRISPR sequences

8

10

11

3