Sl. No Phylum Number of Cas genes Percentage (%)
Cas1 Cas2 Cas3 Cas4 Cas5 Cas6
1 Euryarchaeota 52 34 32 49 31 22 40.7
2 Crenarchaeota 53 47 51 72 33 36 54
3 Archaeal Plasmids 5 5 3 5 3 3 4.4
4 Korarchaeota 1 1 1 1 1 - 0.9
Percentage (%)   20.5 16.1 16.1 23.5 12.6 11.3  
Table 5: Distribution of Cas genes across different archaeal phyla.