Table 1 Comparison of Pneumocystis and related fungal genomes.

From: Genome analysis of three Pneumocystis species reveals adaptation mechanisms to life exclusively in mammalian hosts

Species*

Chromosomes or scaffolds (count)

Genome size (Mb)

GC content (%)

Protein coding genes (count)

Exons per gene (count)

tRNA genes (count)

rRNA genes † (count)

Intergenic distance (mean, bp)

P. murina

17

7.50

26.9

3623

6.08

47

5

423

P. carinii

17

7.66

33.2

3646

5.97

45

5

430

P. jirovecii

20

8.40

28.4

3761

5.78

46

5

483

T. deformans

394

13.36

49.5

4661‡

2.10

169

5

827

S. pombe

3

12.57

36.1

5155

1.99

174

∼450

669

S. cerevisiae

16

12.07

38.3

5863

1.06

275

∼560

515

  1. rRNA, ribosomal RNA; tRNA, transfer RNA
  2. *Genome data sources are provided in Supplementary Table 2.
  3. †Supplementary Note 3.
  4. ‡Total available from NCBI database (accessed 26 March 2015) though 5,735 are indicated in ref. 18.
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