Research Article

Assessing the Quality of Whole Genome Alignments in Bacteria

Table 1

The 41 bacteria pairs. Pair: number of the pair. Organism: names of the organisms. Size: genome size in base pairs. MAGIC: MAGIC's results. Mauve: Mauve's results. Seg.: segmentation size. Ratio: conserved percentage. The pairs are sorted in alphabetical order. For each pair, the best obtained scores are marked in bold.

Pair Organism Size MAGIC Mauve
Seg. Ratio Seg. Ratio

1Anaplasma marginale St. Maries119768774 0.35 940.37
Anaplasma phagocytophilum HZ1471282

2Bacillus cereus ATCC 145795411809630.77 2600.77
Bacillus cereus E33L (zebra killer)5300915

3Blochmannia floridanus70555710.6710.67
Blochmannia pennsylvanicus791654

4Bacteroides fragilis YCH46527727458 0.87 1460.88
Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 93435205140

5Bartonella henselae Houston-1193104712 0.73 370.74
Bartonella quintana Toulouse1581384

6Bordetella pertussis Tohama I4086189147 0.79 1890.8
Bordetella bronchiseptica RB505339179

7Buchnera aphidicola APS64068110.76 20.76
Buchnera aphidicola Sg641454

8Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni NCTC 11168164148130.9 80.9
Campylobacter jejuni RM12211777831

9Clostridium perfringens 1330314309 0.82 940.83
Clostridium perfringens SM1012897393

10Cyanobacteria bacterium Yellowstone A-Prime (Synechococcus sp. JA-3-3Ab)2932766330 0.67 5610.71
Cyanobacteria bacterium Yellowstone B-Prime (Synechococcus sp. JA-2-3 a(2-13))3046682

11Dehalococcoides ethenogenes 195146972020 0.7 470.71
Dehalococcoides sp. CBDB11395502

12Ehrlichia ruminantium Welgevonden (South Africa)151635520.96 130.96
Ehrlichia ruminantium Gardel1499920

13Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis SCHU S41892819540.96 670.96
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica OSU181895727

14Haemophilus influenzae Rd KW20 (serotype d)1830138130.87 340.87
Haemophilus influenzae 86-028NP (nontypeable)1913428

15Helicobacter pylori 266951667867250.87 670.87
Helicobacter pylori J991643831

16Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e (serotype 1/2a)2944528140.79 470.79
Listeria innocua CLIP 11262 (serotype 6a)3011208

17Legionella pneumophila Lens3345687140.86 640.86
Legionella pneumophila Paris3503610

18Mycoplasma genitalium G-3758007660.56 130.56
Mycoplasma pneumoniae M129816394

19Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae 232892758160.94 370.94
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae 7448920079

20Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, laboratory strain441153230.99 100.99
Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551, clinical strain4403837

21Neisseria meningitidis MC58 (serogroup B)227235114 0.83 3210.87
Neisseria meningitidis Z2491 (serogroup A)2184406

22Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-2553402093109 0.52 3010.53
Nitrobacter hamburgensis X144406967
23Psychrobacter arcticum 273-42650701270.69 1480.69
Psychrobacter cryohalolentis K53059876

24Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-57074893182 0.54 3910.55
Pseudomonas fluorescens PfO-16438405

25Prochlorococcus marinus SS120 (subsp. marinus CCMP1375)175108032 0.46 840.48
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 93121709204

26Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA0095459213170 0.59 3920.61
Rhodopseudomonas palustris HaA25331656

27Rickettsia prowazekii Madrid E111152316 0.69 270.7
Rickettsia felis URRWXCal21485148

28Streptococcus agalactiae 2603 (serotype V)2160267120.9 200.9
Streptococcus agalactiae A909 (serotype Ia)2127839

29Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus N315, meticillin-resistant (MRSA)2814816130.93 830.93
Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus MW22820462

30Shigella flexneri 301 (serotype 2a)4607203220.98 380.98
Shigella flexneri 2457T (serotype 2a)4599354

31Staphylococcus haemolyticus JCSC1435268501595 0.49 1750.51
Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus ATCC 153052516575

32Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4216084280.92 1100.92
Streptococcus pneumoniae R62038615

33Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS8232 (serotype M18)189501723 0.91 1300.93
Streptococcus pyogenes SSI-1 (serotype M3)1894275

34Streptococcus thermophilus CNRZ106617962266 0.96 310.97
Streptococcus thermophilus LMG183111796846

35Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi CT18480903740.99 80.99
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Ty24791961

36Synechococcus sp. WH 810224344281880.11 3230.11
Synechococcus elongatus PCC63012696255

37Thermus thermophilus HB2718948777 0.92 320.93
Thermus thermophilus HB81849742

38Tropheryma whipplei Twist92730320.98 370.98
Tropheryma whipplei TW08/27925938

39Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris ATCC 339135076188570.68 2540.68
Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria5178466

40Xylella fastidiosa 9a5c2679306250.86 2660.86
Xylella fastidiosa Temecula12519802

41Yersinia pestis CO92465372823 0.87 480.99
Yersinia pestis KIM4600755