Selected Examples of Bacterial Chromosomes

Taxon 

Description of Chromosome 

Size 

Haemophilus influenzae 

Single Circle 

1,830,137 bp 

Escherichia coli 

Single Circle 

4.64 mb 

Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Single Circle

2.2 mb

Borrelia burgdorferi

Single Circle

 

Helicobacter pylori

Single Circle

 

Methanococcus jannaschii

Single Circle

 

Mycoplasma genitalium

Single Circle

 

Treponema pallidum

Single Circle

 

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Miami University
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