Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacterial and Archaeal Complete Genomes

Table 1.

Species, Disease Caused, Genome Size, and Number of Open Reading Frames of the Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes Used

Species Disease caused Genome size (bp) Number of open reading frames HGT Percentage HGT GC+ GC−
Proteobacteria
Escherichia coli · · · 4,639,221 4289 381 9.62 68 258
Haemophilus influenzae Pneumonia 1,830,138 1709 96 6.19 31 33
Helicobacter pylori 26695 Ulcer 1,667,867 1553 89 6.41 0 68
Helicobacter pylori J99 Ulcer 1,643,831 1491 80 5.81 5 59
Rickettsia prowazekii Typhus 1,111,523 834 28 3.62 10 8
Gram-positive bacteria
Bacillus subtilis · · · 4,214,814 4100 537 14.47 85 402
Mycoplasma genitalium Urethritis 580,074 480 67 14.47 46 19
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia 816,394 677 39 5.93 0 32
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis 4,411,529 3918 187 5.01 55 53
Spirochaete
Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease 910,724 850 12 1.56 0 5
Treponema pallidum Syphilis 1,138,011 1031 77 8.32 30 38
Chlamydiae
Chlamydia trachomatis Trachoma, epidymitis 1,042,519 894 36 4.32 8 13
Chlamydia pneumoniae Pneumonia, bronchitis 1,230,230 1052 55 5.70 28 16
Aquifex aeolicus · · · 1,551,335 1522 72 4.84 6 43
Deinococcus radiodurans · · · 2,648,638 2580 95 3.92 6 38
Synechocystis PCC6803 · · · 3,573,470 3169 219 7.50 12 151
Thermotoga maritima · · · 1,860,725 1846 198 11.63 69 100
Ureaplasma urealyticum Adverse pregnancy outcome,  neonatal disease, and  superative arthritis 751,719 610 32 5.70 8 9
Archaea
Aeropyrum pernix · · · 1,669,695 2694 370 14.01 108 203
Archaeoglobus fulgidus · · · 2,178,400 2407 179 8.44 16 116
Methanobacterium   thermoautotrophicum · · · 1,751,377 1869 179 10.73 30 111
Methanococcus   jannaschii · · · 1,664,970 1715 77 5.00 18 38
Pyrococcus abyssi · · · 1,765,118 1765 124 7.35 22 63
Pyrococcus   horikoshii · · · 1,738,505 2064 154 7.68 68 42
  • Note: HGT is the total number of proposed transferred genes, GC+ and GC− are proposed transferred genes that belong to regions with a high or low G+C content, respectively. The percentage HGT was calculated by dividing the number of proposed transferred genes by the sum of nonproposed ones, excluding genes smaller than 300 bp, and proposed transferred genes.

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