Table 6

Frequency of scaffolds and contigs containing unusual organizations of trp genes.
Gene order (enclosed)*
 No of occurences†
 Gene order (partial) ‡
 No of occurences
X→E→X
 16
 E→X
 55
X→G→X
 42
 X→G
 88
X→D→X
 3
 G→X
 108
X→C→X
 5
 X→D
 16
X→F→X
 2
 D→X
 8
X→B→X
 7
 X→C
 16
X→A→X
 5
 F→X
 6
X→B→A(→X)
 9
 X→B
 69
(X→) E→G→X
 44
 B→X
 49


X→A
 16
Total
 133
 Total
 431

* Gene order (enclosed), organizations of one and two trp operons enclosed between non-trp genes; † Number of occurrences, number of contigs and scaffolds carrying the organization; ‡ Gene order (partial), pairs of trp and non-trp genes that are inconsistent with classical organization.

Kagan et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R20   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-r20