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Table 1 Characteristics of oligonucleotide frequency profiles of common class 1 and common class 2 prokaryotic genomes

From: Two common profiles exist for genomic oligonucleotide frequencies

Oligonucleotide

Common class 1

Common class 2

Member

Range (%)

c div

SD

Member

Range (%)

c div

SD

Mononucleotide

300

16.56–49.72

0.006

0.020

264

50.32–74.91

0.004

0.015

Dinucleotide

218

16.56–46.08

0.058

0.048

183

54.60–74.91

0.070

0.052

Trinucleotide

184

16.56–42.83

0.075

0.045

160

58.02–74.91

0.086

0.051

Tetranucleotide

174

16.56–43.13

0.097

0.054

161

58.02–74.91

0.124

0.117

Pentanucleotide

203

16.56–43.87

0.102

0.062

139

57.23–74.91

0.087

0.051

Hexanucleotide

158

16.56–42.68

0.143

0.073

155

58.02–74.91

0.160

0.076

  1. Member: number of members; Range: range of GC content; cdiv: class diversity; SD: standard deviation.