Table 1.

List of Putative Horizontally Transferred Genes

Gene	ORF	Classification (kb)	BLAST	BLASTX	HmUS
SodC1	NMB1398/NMA1617	1/1	M84012 (E = 0.0; 87%)	M84012 (E = 4e-95)	28/29 | 28/29
bio gene cluster -bioC1	NMB0474/NMA2011	0.75/1.5	U32830 (E = 0.0; 88%)	P45248 (E = 1e-134)	29/29 | 29/29
Conserved hypothetical protein	NMB1979/NMA0465	1.25/1.25	U32837 (E = 0.0; 92%)	HI1643 (E = 3e-158)	28/29 | 27/29
Type III restriction enzyme	CA09003/NMA1591	2.75/3.5	U32786 (E = 0.0; 92%)	HI1055 (E = 0.0)	28/29 | 27/29
Type III methyltransferase	—/NMA1590	0.5/0.5	U32786 (E = 0.0; 92%)	HI1056 (E = 0.0)	28/29 | 27/29
Virulence associated protein	U23782/NMA1725	1.75/1.25	U32728 (E = 2e-45; 95%)	—	2 ✻ 29/29 | 2 ✻ 29/29

Genes identified as horizontally transferred from Haemophilus influenzae to Neisseria meningitis. ORF and Bayesian classification data are provided for both N. meningitis serotype A and, in parentheses for serotype B. Classification column indicates block length identified as being of H. influenzae origin. The genomic regions identified in N. meningitis were compared for homology using BLAST toward H. influenzae and the homologous sequences reported with accession number, e-value and percent identical nucleotides. The best hit after searching genomic regions using BLASTX with accession number and e-value. HmUS indicates the number of perfect matching nucleotides between the N. meningitis region and the consensus. The two N. meningitis genomes gave almost identical results (data not shown). 

¹Putative horizontal gene transfer events identified by another study (Kroll et al. 1998).