Analysis of Complete Genomes of Propionibacterium acnes Reveals a Novel Plasmid and Increased Pseudogenes in an Acne Associated Strain

Table 1

Comparison of the general features of HL096PA1 and KPA171202 genomes.

Features	HL096PA1		KPA171202
	Chromosome	Plasmid	Chromosome
recA phylotype	IA		IB
Ribotype (RT)	5		1
Acne association	Yes		No
Size (bp)	2,494,191	56,169	2,560,265
GC content (%)	60	62	60
Coding sequences	2,254	74	2,297
Pseudogenes	79	0	14
Coding density (%)	90	83	91
tRNAs	45	0	45
RNA operons	3	0	3
Sequencing method	454/Roche	454/Roche	Sanger
Sequencing coverage	50X		8.7X