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Table 2 Plastid genome sizes in photosynthetic organisms and their non-photosynthetic relatives [108].

From: Mobile DNA and evolution in the 21st century

Angiosperms

Plastid genome size (No. coding sequences)

Nicotiana tabacum

155.9 kb (146)

Arabidopsis

154 kb

Oryzae

135 kb

Epifagus virginiana (holoparasite)

70.0 kb (53)

Trebouxiophytes (green algae)

 

Chlorella vulgaris

150.6 kb (209)

Helicosporidium sp. (invertebrate pathogen)

37.5 kb (54)

Prototheca wickerhammii (saprophytic algal pathogen)

54.1 kb

Euglenids (flagellates)

 

Euglena gracilis

143.2 kb (128)

Euglena longa (heterotroph)

73.3 kb (84)

Apicomplexans (containing secondarily acquired red algal plastids)

 

Odontella sinensis (photosynthetic diatom)

119.7 kb (175)

Plasmodium falciparum (malarial parasite)

34.7 kb (68)

Toxoplasma gondii (cat parasite)

35.0 kb (65)

Eimeria tenella (poultry pathogen)

34.8 kb (65)

Theileria parva (bovine pathogen)

39.6 kb (71)