Table 4.

Genes dispensable in M. pulmonis but essential in B. subtilis ^a

Gene	Product	Gene symbol	Gene length (bp)	Mg ortholog	Essential in Mg, Bs	Mp paralog
MYPU_1630	Ribonuclease III (RNase III)	rnc	726	MG367	no, yes	no
MYPU_1720	Cysteine desulferase	csd	1182	MG336	yes, yes	MYPU_1730
MYPU_3600	Fructose-biphosphate aldolase	fba	843	MG023	yes, yes	MYPU_1100
MYPU_3900	Lysyl-tRNA synthetase	lysS	1533	MG136	yes, yes	MYPU_4020
MYPU_4020	Lysyl-tRNA synthetase	lysS	1476	MG136	yes, yes	MYPU_3900
MYPU_4890	Ribosomal protein L33	rpmG	153	MG325	yes, yes	MYPU_1800
MYPU_5390	Ribonucleotide-diphosphate reductase beta subunit	nrdF	1026	MG229	yes, yes	no
MYPU_5410	Ribonucleotide-diphosphate reductase alpha subunit	nrdE	2136	MG231	yes, yes	no
MYPU_6090	Ribosomal protein S18	rpsR	318	MG092	yes, yes	no
MYPU_6840	GTPase		819	MG110	no, yes	no
MYPU_6960	Ribosomal protein L28	rpmB	192	MG426	yes, yes	no
MYPU_6980	ATP-dependent helicase PcrA	pcrA, uvrD	2205	MG244	no, yes	MYPU_7680
MYPU_7210	Dephospho-coenzyme A kinase	coaE	519	MG264	no, yes	no

^aEssential genes in M. genitalium (Mg) and B. subtilis (Bs) are as reported by Glass et al. and Kobayashi et al. (Glass et al., 2006; Kobayashi et al., 2003). M. pulmonis, Mp.