A group of scientists sequence and identify various regions of an organism's genome and find that 92% of the genome (a circular chromosome and a plasmid) is comprised of protein-coding genes. The organism is most likely a

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Bacteria have compact genomes with a high percentage of protein-coding genes, typically ranging from 85-90% or higher. Eukaryotic genomes are much larger and contain more non-coding DNA, such as introns, regulatory sequences, and repetitive elements. Bacteriophages have very small genomes consisting of mostly non-coding DNA and a few protein-coding genes.

A Group of Scientists Sequence and Identify Various Regions of an Organism's