Table 2

Estimated genome sizes of EHEC strains
					Estimated sizes (kb)

	K-12*		Sakai*		O157								O26								O111						O103

	In silico	Exp	In silico	Exp	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6

I-ceuI-fragmant no.
1	2,498	2,686	3,216	3,191	ND	3,342	3,325	3,277	3,226	3,358	3,325	ND	3,185	3,386	3,345	3,414	3,571	3,513	3,630	3,374	2,941	3,044	2,912	2,898	2,884	2,814	2,911	2,959	3,291	ND	2,923	2,961
2	698	687	712	720	722	722	713	713	693	718	708	ND	777	777	782	823	751	787	782	734	824	803	808	808	803	808	889	923	941	872	883	761
3	657	649	709	707	698	679	679	657	670	679	674	ND	746	751	751	741	720	720	720	720	698	698	698	693	693	698	709	720	797	714	756	712
4	521	525	579	591	574	574	574	574	574	582	574	ND	382	382	458	382	385	385	385	537	519	519	519	519	519	519	517	517	346	521	362	514
5	131	127	144	142	144	142	179	142	142	144	144	ND	295	295	301	295	298	298	298	143	140	137	137	135	135	135	137	136	317	133	320	136
6	94	83	96	89	89	88	88	88	91	88	89	ND	97	97	96	97	97	97	97	99	92	92	92	91	86	88	98	101	97	98	97	93
7	41	41	41	41	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	ND	41	41	41	41	41	41	33	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	43	43	43	43	43
Chromosome total	4,640	4,797	5,498	5,480	ND	5,589	5,600	5,492	5,437	5,610	5,556	ND	5,524	5,731	5,773	5,794	5,864	5,842	5,945	5,647	5,256	5,334	5,207	5,185	5,160	5,102	5,303	5,398	5,833	ND	5,384	5,220

Plasmid no.
1			93	93	93	93	101	93	93	93	93	ND	7	85	91	98	98	98	98	137	77	205	125	81	87	155	74	ND	89	89	72	52
2			3	3					6	7	3	ND		63	65	73	49		91	107		98	77	51	47	7		ND	72	63
3									3			ND		6		4	7		68	25		78	7	7	7	5		ND
4												ND		4					7	3		8		5	5			ND
5												ND										7						ND
Plasmid total	-	-	96	96	93	93	101	93	102	99	95	ND	7	158	156	175	154	98	263	273	77	395	208	144	145	166	74	ND	160	152	72	52

Genome total	4,640	4,797	5,594	5,576	NE	5,682	5,701	5,585	5,539	5,709	5,651	ND	5,530	5,889	5,929	5,969	6,018	5,940	6,208	5,920	5,333	5,729	5,415	5,328	5,305	5,268	5,377	ND	5,993	ND	5,456	5,273

Lengths of each band estimated from experimental data and in silico* analyses are shown. ND, not detected.
Ogura et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R138 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r138