Table 1 Characteristics of 21 mycobacterial genomes

Mycobacterium leprae Br4923

3268071

2720

57.8

1

1

1

45

FM211192

Mycobacterium leprae TN

3268203

2720

57.8

1

1

1

45

AL450380

Mycobacterium bovis AF2122/97

4345492

3953

65.6

1

1

1

45

BX248333

Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Pasteur 1173P2

4371711

3988

65.6

1

1

1

47

AM408590

Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Tokyo 172

4371711

3984

65.6

1

1

1

45

AP010918

Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 1435

4398250

4060

65.6

1

1

1

45

CP001658

Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551

4403837

4189

65.6

1

1

1

45

AE000516

Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

4411532

3999

65.6

1

1

1

45

AL123456

Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra

4419977

4034

65.6

1

1

1

45

CP000611

Mycobacterium tuberculosis F11

4424435

3950

65.6

1

1

1

45

CP000717

Mycobacterium abscessus ATCC 19977

5090491

4941

64.1

1

1

1

47

CU458896

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis K-10

4829781

4350

69.3

1

1

1

46

AE016958

Mycobacterium avium 104

5475491

5120

69.0

1

1

1

46

CP000479

Mycobacterium ulcerans Agy99

5805761

4241

65.4

1

1

1

45

CP000325

Mycobacterium sp. MCS

5920523

5615

68.4

2

2

2

48

CP000384

Mycobacterium gilvum PYR-GCK

5982829

5579

67.7

2

2

2

47

CP000656

Mycobacterium sp. JLS

6048425

5739

68.4

2

2

2

48

CP000580

Mycobacterium sp. KMS

6256079

5975

68.2

2

2

2

48

CP000518

Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1

6491865

5979

67.8

2

2

2

49

CP000511

Mycobacterium marinum M

6660144

5452

65.7

1

1

1

46

CP000854

Mycobacterium smegmatis str. MC2 155

6988209

6716

67.4

2

2

2

47

CP000480