Comparative Genomic Analysis of Members of the Genera Methanosphaera and Methanobrevibacter Reveals Distinct Clades with Specific Potential Metabolic Functions

Table 1

General features of Methanobrevibacter and Methanosphaera genomes.

	Size (bp)	GC content (%)	Coding percentage (%)	CDS (pseudo)	Genes (pseudo)	rRNA	tRNA	Accession	Contigs/scaffolds	CRISPR region	Original strain ID
Methanobrevibacter filiformis DSM 11501^T	2,606,143	26.99	69.94	1933	1965	3	29	LWMT00000000	237	6	RFM-3
Methanobrevibacter curvatus DSM 11111^T	2,414,608	25.72	70.65	1969	2004	4	31	LWMV00000000	187	5	RFM-2
Methanobrevibacter cuticularis DSM 11139^T	2,608,702	26.79	68.12	2061	2094	3	30	LWMW00000000	120	6	RFM-1
Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus DSM 1125^T	2,445,031	25.44	74.96	1963	2005	5	37	JXMW00000000	40	9	DH1
Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus ANOR1	2,221,072	25.53	74.02	1993	2038	7	35	CBVX000000000	5	3	ANOR1
Methanobrevibacter ruminantium DSM 1093^T	2,937,203	32.64	78.12	2217	2283 (5)	8	53	CP001719	1	4	M1
Methanobrevibacter olleyae DSM 16632^T	2,122,444	26.87	76.85	1813	1854	4	33	FOTL00000000	49	4	KM1H5-1P
Methanobrevibacter millerae DSM 16643^T	2,725,667	36.54	89.32	2383	2467	4	77	CP011266	1	1	ZA-10
Methanobrevibacter thaueri DSM 11995^T	2,243,115	36.87	87.52	2138	2171	2	31	MZGS00000000	39	4	CW
Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii DSM 11977^T	1,879,371	30.02	88.01	1845	1889	7	34	FOAK00000000	19	NA	HO
Methanobrevibacter oralis DSM 7256^T	2,110,861	27.73	84.49	2036	1994	9	32	LWMU00000000	99	2	ZR
Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 861^T	1,853,160	31.03	90.31	1795	1841	8	36	CP000678	1	1	PS
Methanobrevibacter woesei DSM 11979^T	1,543,150	29.90	89.61	1581	1614	2	31	MZGU00000000	10	2	GS
Methanobrevibacter wolinii DSM 11976^T	2,041,814	24.21	75.94	1700	1747	8	36	JHWX00000000	32	2	SH
Methanobrevibacter boviskoreani DSM 25824^T	2,045,801	28.98	78.00	1756	1799	4	36	BAGX00000000	54	2	JH1
Methanobrevibacter sp. AbM4	1,998,189	29.04	76.7	1671	1716	49	36	CP004050	1	6	N.A.
Methanosphaera sp. WGK6	1,729,155	27.70	78.05	1456	1616 (114)	3	42	JRWK00000000	37	1	N.A.
Methanosphaera stadtmanae DSM 3091^T	1,767,403	27.63	84.10	1534	1592 (2)	12	42	CP000102	1	4	MCB-3
Methanosphaera cuniculi DSM 4103^T	1,881,497	28.08	81.36	1585	1629	5	39	LWMS00000000	48	0	1R-7