Research Article

Unique Evolution of Symbiobacterium thermophilum Suggested from Gene Content and Orthologous Protein Sequence Comparisons

Table 1

Genes evolving under Symbiobacterium-specific selection.

Gene 𝜔 1 𝜔 1 / 𝜔 0 2 Δ l n

𝜔 1 / 𝜔 0 > 1
hfq (RNA chaperone, STH1746)0.534724.30465.7413
spoIIAB (anti-sigma F factor, STH1813)0.39675.97448.7835
flgG (flagellar hook protein, STH2995)0.377475.48006.4323
ilvC (ketol-acid reductoisomerase, STH2688)0.22403.467510.7272
rplL (50S ribosomal protein L7/L12, STH3086)0.21838.364013.4750
argD (N-acetylornithine aminotransferase, STH2881)0.20842.02924.1224
rplK (50S ribosomal protein L11, STH3090)0.18699.34504.2192
ylmE (alanine racemase domain-containing protein, STH1227)0.152624.222215.4681
proJ (gamma-glutamyl kinase, STH2540)0.149726.26324.4715
sigA (RNA polymerase sigma factor, STH0588)0.13153.767917.9996
rpoC (RNA polymerase subunit beta', STH3084)0.08382.14877.2876
glmS (glucosamine-fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase, STH1279)0.01562.785713.0700
aroE (3-phosphoshikimate 1 carboxyvinyltransferase, STH1419)0.01252.84094.4748
cheY (two-component response regulator involved in modulation of flagellar, STH1540)0.00442.93336.7786

𝜔 1 / 𝜔 0 < 1
flgD (flagellar hook assembly protein, STH2996)0.01230.07154.4609
fliS (flagellar protein FliS, STH2976)0.00730.08854.0842
yloM (ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase B, STH1349)0.00450.044112.0081
ftsH (cell division protease, STH3198)0.00400.065511.9908
spoVFB (dipicolinate synthase subunit B, STH1546)0.00390.05916.5852
rplW (50S ribosomal protein L23, STH3073)0.00390.14293.9835
trmD (tRNA methyltransferase, STH1470)0.00380.05745.7865
argC (N-acetyl-gamma-glutamyl-phosphate reductase, STH2892)0.00380.07214.1368
rpsC (30S ribosomal protein S3, STH3069)0.00370.15044.1064
prfA (peptide chain release factor RF-1, STH0073)0.00350.07506.3618
ligA (NAD-dependent DNA ligase, STH2825)0.00340.06544.5717
spo0J (ParB-like nuclease domain-containing protein, STH3332)0.00340.039710.1363
ftsE (cell division ATP-binding protein, STH0139)0.00270.04075.6285
metG (methionyl-tRNA synthetase, STH3252)0.00270.04704.1885
rplC (50S ribosomal protein L3, STH3075)0.00230.09204.3304
rplB (50S ribosomal protein L2, STH3072)0.00200.06173.9836
rpsH (30S ribosomal protein S8, STH3061)0.00180.10474.5829
infA (translation initiation factor IF-1, STH3052)0.00040.02344.7842