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| Species name | Base pairs | Gene Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| φX174 | 5,386 | 11 | virus of E. coli. The first DNA genome sequenced by Sanger group of MRC Centre, Cambridge, UK |
| Human mitochondrion | 16,569 | 37 | The first non-viral genome sequenced by Sanger group of MRC Centre, Cambridge, UK |
| Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) | 172,282 | 80 | causes mononucleosis |
| Nanoarchaeum equitans | 490,885 | 552 | This parasitic member of the Archaea has the smallest genome of a true organism yet found. |
| nucleomorph of Guillardia theta | 551,264 | 511 | all that remains of the nuclear genome of a red alga (eukaryote) engulfed long ago by another eukaryote |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | 580,073 | 485 | three of the smallest true organisms |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | 751,719 | 652 | |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 816,394 | 680 | |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 1,042,519 | 936 | most common sexually-transmitted disease (STD) bacterium in the U.S. |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | 1,111,523 | 834 | bacterium that causes epidemic typhus |
| Treponema pallidum | 1,138,011 | 1,039 | bacterium that causes syphilis |
| Mimivirus | 1,181,404 | 1,262 | A virus (of an amoeba) with a genome larger than the six cellular organisms above |
| Rickettsia conorii | 1,268,755 | 1,374 | causes Mediterranean spotted fever |
| Pelagibacter ubique | 1,308,759 | 1,354 | smallest genome yet found in a free-living organism (marine α-proteobacterium) |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 1.44 x 106 | 1,738 | bacterium that causes Lyme disease [Note] |
| Aquifex aeolicus | 1,551,335 | 1,749 | bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 1,641,481 | 1,708 | frequent cause of food poisoning |
| Helicobacter pylori | 1,667,867 | 1,589 | chief cause of stomach ulcers (not stress and diet) |
| Thermoplasma acidophilum | 1,564,905 | 1,509 | These unicellular microbes look like typical bacteria but their genes are so different from those of either bacteria or eukaryotes that they are |
| Methanococcus jannaschii | 1,664,970 | 1,783 | |
| Aeropyrum pernix | 1,669,695 | 1,885 | |
| Pyrococcus horikoshii | 1,738,505 | 1,994 | |
| Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum |
1,751,377 | 2,008 | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1,830,138 | 1,738 | bacterium that causes middle ear infections |
| Thermotoga maritima | 1,860,725 | 1,879 | marine bacterium |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 2,160,837 | 2,236 | the pneumococcus |
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus | 2,178,400 | 2,437 | another member of the Archaea |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 2,184,406 | 2,185 | Group A; causes occasional epidemics of meningitis in less developed countries. |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 2,272,351 | 2,221 | Group B; the most frequent cause of meningitis in the U.S. |
| Encephalitozoon cuniculi | 2,507,519 | 1,997 | (plus 69 RNA genes); a parasitic eukaryote. |
| Propionibacterium acnes | 2,560,265 | 2,333 | causes acne |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 2,944,528 | 2,926 | 2,853 of these encode proteins; the rest RNAs |
| Deinococcus radiodurans | 3,284,156 | 3,187 | on 2 chromosomes and 2 plasmids; bacterium noted for its resistance to radiation damage |
| Synechocystis | 3,573,470 | 4,003 | a marine cyanobacterium ("blue-green alga") |
| Vibrio cholerae | 4,033,460 | 3,890 | in 2 chromosomes; causes cholera |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4,411,532 | 3,959 | causes tuberculosis |
| Mycobacterium leprae | 3,268,203 | 1,604 | causes leprosy |
| Bacillus subtilis | 4,214,814 | 4,779 | another bacterium |
| E. coli K-12 | 4,639,221 | 4,377 | 4,290 of these genes encode proteins; the rest RNAs |
| E. coli O157:H7 | 5.44 x 106 | 5,416 | strain that is pathogenic for humans; has 1,346 genes not found in E. coli K-12 |
| Agrobacterium tumefaciens | 4,674,062 | 5,419 | Useful vector for making transgenic plants; shares many genes with Sinorhizobium meliloti |
| Salmonella enterica var Typhi | 4,809,037 | 4,395 | + 2 plasmids with 372 active genes; causes typhoid fever |
| Salmonella enterica var Typhimurium | 4,857,432 | 4,450 | + 1 plasmid with 102 active genes |
| Yersinia pestis | 4,826,100 | 4,052 | on 1 chromosome + 3 plasmids; causes plague |
| Schizosaccharomyces pombe | 12,462,637 | 4,929 | Fission yeast. A eukaryote with fewer genes than the four bacteria below. |
| Ralstonia solanacearum | 5,810,922 | 5,129 | soil bacterium pathogenic for many plants; 1681 of its genes on a huge plasmid |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6.3 x 106 | 5,570 | Increasingly common cause of opportunistic infections in humans. |
| Streptomyces coelicolor | 6,667,507 | 7,842 | An actinomycete whose relatives provide us with many antibiotics |
| Sinorhizobium meliloti | 6,691,694 | 6,204 | The rhizobial symbiont of alfalfa. Genome consists of one chromosome and 2 large plasmids. |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 12,495,682 | 5,770 | Budding yeast. A eukaryote. 5538 by M. Kellis in 2003. |
| Cyanidioschyzon merolae | 16,520,305 | 5,331 | A unicellular red alga. |
| Plasmodium falciparum | 22,853,764 | 5,268 | Plus 53 RNA genes. Causes the most dangerous form of malaria. |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana | 34.5 x 106 | 11,242 | A diatom. Plus 144 chloroplast and 40 mitochondrial genes encoding proteins |
| Neurospora crassa | 38,639,769 | 10,082 | Plus 498 RNA genes. |
| Naegleria gruberi | 41 x 106 | 15,727 | This free-living unicellular organism lives as both an amoeboid and a flagellated form. 4,133 of its genes are also found in other eukaryotes suggesting that they were present in the |
| Caenorhabditis elegans | 100,258,171 | 19,427 | The first multicellular eukaryote to be sequenced. |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | 115,409,949 | ~28,000 | a flowering plant (angiosperm) See note. |
| Drosophila melanogaster | 122,653,977 | 13,379 | the "fruit fly" |
| Anopheles gambiae | 278,244,063 | 13,683 | Mosquito vector of malaria. |
| Tetraodon nigroviridis (a pufferfish) | 3.42 x 108 | 27,918 | Although Tetraodon seems to have more protein-encoding genes than we do, it has much less "junk" DNA so its total genome is about a tenth the size of ours. |
| Rice | 3.9 x 108 | 28,236 | |
| Sea urchin | 8.14 x 108 | ~23,300 | |
| Zebrafish | 1.2 x 109 | 15,761 | |
| Dogs | 2.4 x 109 | 19,300 | |
| Giant panda genome | 2.45 x 109 | Published in 2010 by NGS methods. | |
| Homo sapiens | 3.3 x 109 | ~20,000 | [Link to more details.] |
| Mouse | 3.4 x 109 | ~23,000 | |
| Amphibians | 109–1011 | ? | |
| Psilotum nudum | 2.5 x 1011 | ? | Note |
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