Table 1

General information of analyzed genomes, newly identified CAGs and ORFans

Analyzed genomes

Number of genomes

119

Number of ORFs

351,111

Number of atypical ORFs

58,487 (16% of all genes)

Number of CAGs

2,377

Number of ORFs in CAGs

47,441 (13% of all genes)

Newly identified CAGs

Number of CAGs

2,104

CAGs of likely plasmid origin

674 (32%)

CAGs of likely virus origin

164 (8%)

CAGs of likely viruse and plasmid origin

341 (16%)

CAGs likely from cellular sources

145 (7%)

CAGs unclassified

780 (37%)

ORFans

Number of ORFans

8,987

Number of ORFans in CAGs

3,475 (39%)

ORFans in annotated proviruses and CAGs of likely virus origin

875 (25.1% of all ORFans inside CAGs)

Number of ORFans in CAGs of likely plasmid origin

680 (19.5% of all ORFans inside CAGs)

Number of ORFans in CAGs of likely virus and plasmid origin

224 (6.4% of all ORFans inside CAGs)

Number of ORFans in CAGs likely from cellular sources

54 (1.5% of all ORFans inside CAGs)

Number of ORFans in unclassified CAGs

1,642 (47.5% of all ORFans inside CAGs)

Cortez et al. Genome Biology 2009 10:R65   doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-6-r65