Table 6

Mutator genes and GC content variations in the dnaE-based groups

dnaE-based Groups

No.

Bacteria

mutT

mutY

mutM


1

Tropheryma whipplei TW08 27

-

-

+

2

Anaplasma marginale St Maries

-

+

+

3

Treponema pallidum

-

+

-

4

Bifidobacterium longum

-

+

-

dnaE1|polV

High-GC

5

Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC 15703

-

+

-

6

Mycobacterium leprae

-

+

+

7

Thermus thermophilus HB27

-

+

+

8

Leifsonia xyli xyli CTCB0

-

+

+

9

Deinococcus geothermalis DSM 11300

-

+

+


High-AT

10

Flavobacterium psychrophilum JIP02 86

+

+

-


1

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

-

-

+

High-GC

2

Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus

-

-

+

dnaE3|polV

3

Moorella thermoacetica ATCC 39073

-

+

+


4

Fusobacterium nucleatum

+

+

-

High- AT

5

Clostridium novyi NT

+

+

-

6

Clostridium tetani E88

+

+

-


Note: Bacteria are numbered as in Figure 6. In the dnaE1|polV group, there are 10 outliers; however, nine belong to the high-GC category and only one to the high-AT category. In the dnaE3|polV group, three belong to the high-GC and three to the high AT-category. "+" and "-"represent the presence and absence of mutator genes, respectively.

Wu et al. Biology Direct 2012 7:2   doi:10.1186/1745-6150-7-2

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