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. 2008 Sep;180(1):17–25. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.089086

TABLE 3.

Types of mutations arising spontaneously in T. thermophilus

Type pyrE pyrF Both
Total 57 16 73
BPSs 13 6 19
Transitions 11 5 16
Transversions 2 1 3
Indels 44 10 54
+1 34 4 38
(HS)a (31)
−1 6 2 8
(HS)a (5)
TDb 2 2 4
±(2–108) 2 2 4
a

The contribution from indels at the 8G hotspot.

b

Tandem duplications.