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<h2 id="characteristics">Characteristics</h2> Characteristics of the LSU rRNA for exemplary species.<table><tbody><tr><th>Type</th><th>LSU rRNA size</th><th>Species</th><th>Length</th><th>Accession</th><th>Reference</th></tr><tr><td>Bacterial (Prokaryotic)</td><td><a href="/facts/23S_ribosomal_RNA/1AM5MhMW">23S</a></td><td><i>Escherichia coli</i></td><td>2,905 nt</td><td>NR_076322.1</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Archaeal (Prokaryotic)</td><td>23S</td><td><i>Halobacterium salinarum</i></td><td>2,906 nt</td><td>NR_076247.1</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Eukaryotic</td><td><a href="/facts/5.8S_ribosomal_RNA/29hMTLvx">5.8S</a> & <a href="/facts/28S_ribosomal_RNA/BHyPFPGt">28S</a></td><td><i>Homo sapiens</i></td><td>157 + 5,025 nt</td><td>NR_145821.1; M11167.1</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Mitochondrial</td><td><a href="/facts/MT-RNR2/Lk9YHFLX">16S</a></td><td><i>Homo sapiens</i></td><td>1,559 nt</td><td>NC_012920.1</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Plastid</td><td>23S</td><td><i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i></td><td>2,810 nt</td><td>NC_000932.1</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="use-in-phylogenetics">Use in phylogenetics</h2> <p>LSU rRNA sequences are widely used for working out <a href="/facts/Phylogenetics/bw4rsovt">evolutionary relationships</a> among organisms, since they are of ancient origin and are found in all known forms of life. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/SSU_rRNA/Bv2N1XLz">SSU rRNA</a>: the small subunit ribosomal ribonucleic acid.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Escherichia coli 23S ribosomal RNA". 3 February 2015. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_076322.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_076322.1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Halobacterium salinarum 23S ribosomal RNA". 3 February 2015. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_076247.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_076247.1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Homo sapiens RNA, 5.8S ribosomal N1 (RNA5-8SN1), ribosomal RNA". 3 July 2020. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_145821.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_145821.1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Homo sapiens 28S ribosomal RNA (nuclear)". 10 November 1986. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/M11167.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/M11167.1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Homo sapiens mitochondrion, complete genome. "Revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS): accession NC_012920", National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 20 February 2017. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_012920.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_012920.1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Anderson S, Bankier AT, Barrell BG, de Bruijn MH, Coulson AR, Drouin J, Eperon IC, Nierlich DP, Roe BA, Sanger F, Schreier PH, Smith AJ, Staden R, Young IG (April 1981). "Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome". Nature. 290 (5806): 457–465. Bibcode:1981Natur.290..457A. doi:10.1038/290457a0. PMID 7219534. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Arabidopsis thaliana 23S ribosomal RNA (chloroplast)". 3 April 2023. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_000932.1" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_000932.1</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>