General characteristics of red algal plastid genomes¹.

1All values are based on updated annotations (Materials and Methods and Table S1). 2Ppu = Porphyra purpurea str. Avonport (NC_000925), Pye = Pyropia yezoensis str. U-51(NC_007932), Ctu (Calliarthron tuberculosum; KC153978), Ccr (Chondrus crispus; HF562234), Gte (Calliarthron tuberculosum; KC153978), Ccr (Chondrus crispus; HF562234), Gte (Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui; NC_006137), Gla (Grateloupia lanceola; HM767098 and HM767138), Cca (Cyanidium caldarium str. RK1; NC_001840), Cme (Cyanidioschyzon merolae str. 10; NC_004799). 3base pairs. 4several bases in two stem-loop regions may be missing (see Materials and Methods). 5GC content. 6species-specific ORFs (not counting ORFs that are shared among multiple species).