De novo gene birth and the conundrum of ORFan genes in bacteria

Table 2.

Studies reporting the presence of nonannotated bacterial proteins using ribosome profiling

Year of publication Organisms studied Number of nonannotated proteins identified How many validated by mass spectrometry? Reference
2023 Escherichia coli 18 N/A Schumacher et al. 2023
2023 Sinorhizobium meliloti 37 0 Hadjeras et al. 2023
2025 Campylobacter jejuni 42 0 Froschauer et al. 2025
2022 Streptococcus pneumoniae 114 N/A Laczkovich et al. 2022
2022 Samonella enterica 49 12 (out of 36 tested) Fijalkowski et al. 2022
2022 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1689 44 Smith et al. 2022
2021 Escherichia coli 283 N/A Stringer et al. 2021
2020 Salmonella enterica 42 N/A Venturini et al. 2020
2019 Escherichia coli 101 N/A Meydan et al. 2019
2019 Escherichia coli 68 N/A Weaver et al. 2019
2017 Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Bacillus subtilis 49 (E. coli), 79 (S. enterica), 214 (B. subtilis) 2 (E. coli), 8 (S. enterica) Ndah et al. 2017
2017 Escherichia coli 465 N/A Hücker et al. 2017
2017 Salmonella enterica 61 N/A Giess et al. 2017
2017 Salmonella enterica 149 N/A Baek et al. 2017
2017 Listeria monocytogenes 6 N/A Impens et al. 2017
2016 Mycobacterium abscessus 130 0 Miranda-CasoLuengo et al. 2016
2016 Escherichia coli 328 N/A Nakahigashi et al. 2016
2016 Escherichia coli 72 7 Neuhaus et al. 2016
2015 Mycobacterium smegmatis 22 N/A Shell et al. 2015
  • Only publications appearing since 2015 are listed.

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