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Table 1 Size of pan-genome fractions

From: Micro-evolution of three Streptococcus species: selection, antigenic variation, and horizontal gene inflow

Species

Core genes

>90%

>50%

>10%

Not specie-specific

Total pan-genome

Chao estimation

All

458

999

1361

3339

5742

10326

23217

S. suis

1164

1486

1803

2582

3264

4672

8562

S. pneumoniae

1243

1480

1838

2768

3410

5672

13680

S. pyogenes

800 (1017*)

1403

1588

2258

2843

3757

6477

  1. * - without S. pyogenes STAB901 and S. pyogenes MTB313 which were excluded from the RefSeq database