Metabolic rate and genome size for 59 prokaryotes

Log W and genome size for 59 prokaryotes from the paper: The proportion of genes in a functional category is linked to mass-specific metabolic rate and lifespan, Takemoto and Kawakami, 2015/05/06/, Nature.

This shows a slighlty positive relationship between genomze size and repsiration rate for 59 prokaryotes. Takemoto and Kawakami noted that prokaryotes follow different trends from mammals, birds, and insects.