B. xylophilus genome general features.

a Abad et al [4], b WormBase release 221.c Genome size was estimated using real time PCR. The genome size of a very closely related species B. mucronatus was reported to be 29.8M±0.06 (see Text S1).d These values are from Opperman et al [5], Dieterich et al [62] and Ghedin et al [92] respectively.e, Assembly completeness was estimated by CEGs (Core Eukaryotic Genes) with CEGMA software. Assemblies in WormBase release 221 were used for M. incognita, M. hapla, C. elegans and P. pacificus genomes.The genome features of B. xylophilus, M. incognita, M. hapla and P. pacificus are based on incomplete genome drafts and represent statistical estimates while C. elegans genome has been completely sequenced and well annotated.