Table 4

Arginine and codon usage in each one of the 28 proteomes

Strains

CGN (%)

AGR (%)

Arg (%)

G+C(%)

OGT (°C)

Hiper - Procarya

P. abyssi

7.0

93.0

5.73

44.6

96

P. horikoshii

6.8

93.2

5.60

42.0

98

A. aeolicus

8.0

92.0

4.92

43.2

87

M. jannashii

2.0

98.0

3.82

31.3

85

A. fulgidus

9.4

90.6

5.76

43.2

83

T. matitima

18.0

82.0

5.51

46.1

80

Termo - Procarya

M. thermoautotroficum

21.0

79.0

6.78

49.5

65

T. volcanium

20.0

80.0

4.62

39.9

60

T. acidophilum

23.62

76.38

5.0

45.9

59

Sulfulobus

8.92

91.02

4.0

35.7

65

Meso - Procarya

E. coli

92.0

8.0

5.7

50.7

37

V. cholerae

91.5

8.5

4.97

47.6

35

D. radiodurans

95.5

4.5

7.35

66.9

35

M. tuberculosis

92.6

7.4

8.43

65.6

36

N. miningitidis

88.0

12.0

5.58

51.4

35

M. genitalium

42.0

58.0

3.57

35

37

T. pallidum

85.0

15.0

7.43

52.7

36

P. aeruginosa

95.2

4.8

8.46

66.4

37

H. influenza

91.0

9.0

4.48

38

37

B. subtilis

63.0

37.0

4.24

43.5

30

Synechocystis

80.0

20.0

5.11

47.6

25

X. fastidiosa

91.7

8.3

6.67

52.6

25

Halobacterium sp

96.1

3.9

4.0

66.88

30

Meso - Eucarya

S. cerevisiae

30.5

69.5

4.44

39.7

28

C. elegans

44.2

55.8

5.19

42.6

25

A. thaliana

62.3

37.7

5.35

44.2

24

D. melanogaster

79.1

20.9

5.49

53.9

32

H. sapiens

78.75

21.25

5.5

52.66

37

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