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Table 2.3 Representative organisms whose genomes have been or will soon be completely/
almost completely sequenced. Data taken largely from http://wit.integratedgenomics.com/GOLD/
eucaryoticgenomes.html and http://www.tigr.org/tdb/mdb/mdcomplete.html. Updated information is
available on these sites

Genome
size a (Mb)

Genome
size a (Mb) Organism Classifi cation Organism Classifi cation

Aeropyrum pernix Archaea 1.67 Treponema pallidum Eubacteria 1.14

Archaeoglobus
fulgidus

Archaea 2.18 Vibrio chloerae Eubacteria 4.0

Pyrococcus
horikoshii

Archaea 1.80 Aspergillus nidulans Fungi 31.0

Pyrococcus furiosus Archaea 2.10 Candida albicans Fungi 15.0

Sulfolobus
solfataricus

Archaea 2.99 Neurospora crassa Fungi 47.0

Thermoplasma
acidophilum

Archaea 1.56 Schizosaccharomyces

pombe

Fungi 14.0

Aquifex aeolicus Eubacteria 1.50 Babesia bovis Protozoa NL

Bacillus subtilis Eubacteria 4.20 Cryptosporidium

parvum

Protozoa 10.4

Bacillus anthracis Eubacteria 4.50 Leishmania major Protozoa 33.6

Bordetella pertussis Eubacteria 3.88 Arabidopsis thaliana

(thale cress)

Plant 70.0

Brucella suis Eubacteria 3.30 Hordeum vulgare

(barley)

Plant 5.0

Chlamydia
pneumoniae

Eubacteria 1.23 Gossypium hirsutum

(cotton)

Plant NL

Clostridium tetani Eubacteria 4.40 Triticum aestivum

(wheat)

Plant NL

Corynebacterium
diphtheriae

Eubacteria 3.10 Zea mays (maize) Plant NL

E. coli Eubacteria 5.23 Danio rerio (zebra fi sh) Fish NL

Lactobacillus
acidophilus

Eubacteria 1.90 Gallus gallus (chicken) Bird NL

Listeria
monocytogenes

Eubacteria 2.94 Bos taurus (cow) Mammal NL

Mycobacterium
leprae

Eubacteria 2.80 Canis familiaris (dog) Mammal NL

Mycobacterium
tuberculosis

Eubacteria 4.40 Rattus norvegicus (rat) Mammal NL

Neisseria
meningitidis

Eubacteria 2.18 Ovis aries (sheep) Mammal NL

Pseudomonas
aeruginosa

Eubacteria 6.3 Sus scrofa (pig) Mammal NL

Salmonella enterica Eubacteria NL Ape Primate NL

Staphylococcus
aureus

Eubacteria 2.80 Homo sapiens Primate NL

Eubacteria 2.04

Streptococcus
pneumoniae

a NL: not listed in source publication.