Table 1 Genome features of filarial worms and their Wolbachia endosymbionts

From: Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans

Organism

Coverage

Sequence (Mb)

Scaffolds

Scaffold N50 (kb)

GC (%)

Repetitive (%)

Low complexity (%)

Genes (n)

L. loa

20×

91.4

5,774

172

31.0

9.3

1.7

14,907a

W. bancrofti

12×

81.5

25,884

5.16

29.7

6.2

3.9

19,327a

O. volvulus

5×

26.0

22,675

1.27

32.5

–

–

–

B. malayi

9×

93.7

8,180

94

30.2

12.1

1.1

18,348

wBm

11×

1.08

1

–

34.2

–

–

805

wWb

2×

1.05

763

1.62

34.0

–

–

–

wOv

2×

0.44

341

1.51

32.8

–

–

–

  1. aBecause of fragmentation of the genome assemblies, the true W. bancrofti gene count is estimated to be 14,496–15,075 genes, whereas the true L. loa gene count is estimated to be 14,261 genes (Supplementary Note). wBm, Wolbachia of B. malayi; wWb, Wolbachia of W. bancrofti; wOv, Wolbachia of O. volvulus.
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