Spectral classification of archaeal and bacterial genomes

Su Long Nyeo, I. Ching Yang, Chi Hao Wu

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Abstract

The power spectra of the nucleotides in the coding and noncoding sequences of the complete genomes of twenty-two archaea and bacteria are obtained. According to the intensities at the periodicity of 3 bp in the spectra, it is observed that the genomic sequences may be classified into three types. Moreover, the spectra generally have a small but broad peak in the 10-11 bp periodicities. For the archaea, the peak is seen to locate preferably at about 10 bp periodicity, while for the bacteria, it tends to locate at about 11 bp. These features suggest that the DNA sequences of archaea generally have a tighter double helical structure than those of bacteria in order to cope with harsh environmental conditions. Besides, among the archaea, A. Pernixi K1 is found to have the largest periodicity of about 11 bp, but has a comparatively high CG content in its genome and hence a high denaturation temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)233-241
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biological Systems
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002 Sept

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Ecology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Applied Mathematics

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