Figure 1.

Flowchart of the methodology used. CD-HIT = Cluster Database at High Identity with Tolerance; NR Set = Non-Redundant Set; BLASTP = Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Protein; DEG = Database of Essential Genes; PFP Server = Protein Function Prediction Server; KEGG = Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; KAAS = KEGG Automatic Annotation Server;