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Traits & measurements1 literature sources1 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 064 records
Genome at a glanceGoaT≈28 Mbp
02Traits & measurements
SourcesTRY
Habitat & environment1
Growth formlichen
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Bathelium carolinianum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualBathelium carolinianum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈28 341 076 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
THIS GENOME Bathelium carolinianum0.03 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 064 records
Wild obs. + sensor198
Museum / vouchered866
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 480 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 76≤1 km 19≤10 km 6>10 km 6
107 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor198
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 23≤1 km 33≤10 km 169>10 km 31
256 georeferenced · 610 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence866
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions17 of 23 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
527
US
249
AUAlocation not on record
20
Chapel Hill, US
12
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
12
FLASlocation not on record
11
Durham, US
5
Santa Barbara, US
5
PHlocation not on record
4
Columbia, US
3
New Brunswick, US
2
US
2
Fort Worth, US
2
Chicago, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
Boise, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
ILLSlocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
St. Paul, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
23 institutions · 864 of 866 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
