Lineage-Specific Gene Expansions in Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes

Table 1.

Lineage-Specific Gene Family Expansions Detected by Analysis of Completely Sequenced Genomes

Domain Division Species Genes Lineage-specific clusters Genes in lineage-specific clusters Percent genome in lineage-specific clusters Average score density No. of clusters with no significant BeTs in other genomes Percent of clusters with no significant BeTs in other genomes
Archaea Euryarchaeota A. fulgidus 2407 197 553 23.0 0.75 35 17.8
M. thermoautotrophicum 1869 97 265 14.2 0.76 19 19.6
M. jannaschii 1715 96 238 13.9 0.71 12 12.5
P. horikoshii 2064 129 310 15.0 0.60 8 6.2
Crenarchaeota A. pernix 2694 64 138 5.1 0.64 14 21.9
Bacteria Aquificales A. aeolicus 1522 80 184 12.1 0.71 9 11.3
Thermotogales T. maritima 1846 93 261 14.1 0.72 12 12.9
Deinococcus group D. radiodurans 3103 201 525 16.9 0.66 38 18.9
Spirochaetales B. burgdorferi 1255 61 220 17.5 0.86 39 63.9
T. pallidum 1031 24 74 7.2 0.52 9 37.5
Chlamydia group C. pneumoniae 1052 35 129 12.3 0.63 14 40.0
Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. 3169 238 785 24.8 0.72 59 24.8
Firmicutes B. subtilis 4100 437 1202 29.3 0.76 83 19.0
M. pneumoniae 677 46 191 28.2 0.69 7 15.2
U. urealyticum 611 25 83 13.6 0.70 9 36.0
M. tuberculosis 3918 350 1309 33.4 0.70 128 36.6
Proteobacteria E. coli 4289 383 1031 24.0 0.81 59 15.4
H. influenzae 1709 44 96 5.6 1.12 2 4.6
C. jejuni 1634 50 119 7.3 0.68 11 22.0
H. pylori 1553 65 203 13.1 0.85 22 33.9
R. prowazekii 834 15 40 4.8 0.65 3 20.0

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