Table 1.

Summary of database search results for predicted ORF products

ORF	Predicted size, amino acids	3′ Distance to next ORF, bp*	Database match, accession no.	E value†
trmU	354	198	Probable tRNA methyltransferase, P73755	8 × 10−56
II.1	92	97	ORF in flagellar gene cluster, AF072135	5 × 10−17
ctrA	237	62	CtrA/response regulator, AF051939	3 × 10−87
dnlJ	707	−4	DNA ligase, Z11910	1 × 10−166
recG	680		RecG/recombination, X59550	1 × 10−123
fabF	420	−4	KAS II/fatty acid synthesis, AJ235273	1 × 10−122
chp	390	192	Conserved hypothetical protein, U32728	1 × 10−43
orfg1	107	114	None
orfg2	393	184	T4 DNA packaging protein, X52394	5 × 10−03
orfg3	396	246	øC31 portal protein, AJ006589	2 × 10−15
orfg4	184	31	HK97 prohead protease protein, U18319	3 × 10−08
orfg5	398	171	øC31 capsid protein, AJ006589	2 × 10−12
orfg6	179	48	None
orfg7	112	−4	None
orfg8	135	41	None
orfg9	137	8	Antigen A, Y09161	2 × 10−03
orfg10	108	211	None
orfg11	219	11	λ Tail component homolog, AF007380	9 × 10−07
orfg12	247	47	None
orfg13	243	−4	None
orfg14	150	1	Putative lipoprotein, D86610	8 × 10−05
orfg15	346	82	None
orfg16	100	103	None
orfg17	113	87	None
orfg18	651	93	Similar to rhamnosyl transferase, AL008967	4.5 × 10−02
orfg19	69	60	None
cysE	279		CysE/cysteine biosynthesis, X59594	4 × 10−69

^*Negative values indicate translational overlap. 

^† Number of equal scoring matches expected by random chance; results with a value < 10⁻¹ are included.