Table 1 Summary of the complete de novo draft genomes compared to P. vivax PvP01.

From: Novel zoonotic cases of Plasmodium simium from São Paulo with a reference genome of the Brazilian strain

Metric

P. simium Ps_SãoPaulo

P. vivax P01**

Size (Mb)

21.8

28.9

Size chromosomes (Mb)*

21.7

24.2

GC content (%)

45.1

39.8

Scaffolds and contigs

93

226

Genes (n)

4,849

6,642

N50 (bp)

1,939,510

1,758,561

Detected orthologues (%)

94.0

97.2

  1. * does not include the apicoplast for Ps_SãoPaulo; ** Auburn et al. (2016).
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