Table 1

General features of Blastocystis sp. subtype 7

Number

Mean length

Median length

Total length (Mb)

Percentage of genome (18.8 Mb)

Genes

6,020

1,299

1,397

7.82

42%

Exons

24,580

280

150

6.88

37%

Introns

18,560

50.5

31

0.94

5%

Intergenic

-

1,801

4,092

10.9

58%

Repeats

2,730

1,747

2,862

4.8

25%

Denoeud et al. Genome Biology 2011 12:R29   doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-3-r29