| Organism |
Number of Genes |
Genome Size (Mb) |
Number of chromosomes in the genome (n) |
| Archaea |
|
|
|
| Archaeoglobus Fuligidus |
2,493 |
2.2 |
1 |
| Bacteria |
|
|
|
| Escherichia coli |
4,408 |
4.64 |
1 |
| Bacillus subtilis |
4,212 |
4.21 |
1 |
| Haemophilus influenzae |
1,791 |
1.83 |
1 |
| Mycoplasma Genitalium |
503 |
0.58 |
1 |
| Eukarya |
|
|
|
| Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) |
6,548 |
12.8 |
16 |
| Roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) |
20,000 |
97 |
6 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana |
26,000 |
13.0 |
5 |
| Drosophila melanogaster |
˜16,000 |
180 |
4 |
| Rice (Oryza sativa) |
˜20,000 |
415 |
12 |
| Maize (Zea mays) |
˜20,000 |
2,500 |
10 |
| Humans (Homo sapiens) |
˜35,000 |
3,300 |
23 |
| Barley (Hordeum vulgare) |
˜20,000 |
5,300 |
7 |
