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. 2014 Jun 5;6(6):1495–1513. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evu119

Table 5.

Selection of Genomic Regions or Genes of Interest Regarding the Bacterial Life-Cycle in the Xenorhabdus poinarii G6 (Xp_G6), X. doucetiae FRM16 (Xd), X. nematophila ATCC19061 (Xn), and X. bovienii SS2004 (Xb) Genomes

Function Product or Function Gene or Locus
Xn Xb Xd Xp_G6
T5SS (Tps) XhlA/B XNC1_4556-4555 XBJ1_0258-0258 XDD1_3768-3767 XPG1_0219-0220
Putative CDI Absent XBJ1_1975-79 XDD1_1117-1119 Absent
Others XNC1_3685-3689 Absent Absent Absent
XNC1_3564-3565

Hemolysin XaxAB XNC1_3766-3767 XBJ1_1710-1711 XDD1_0809-0810 Absent

Insecticidal toxin PirAB XNC1_1143-1142 Absent XDD1_2939-2940 XPG1_1629-1630
Txp40 XNC1_1129 Absent Absent Absent
Mcf2 XNC1_2028 Absent XDD1_1049 (truncated) Absent
Mcf-like XNC1_2265 XBJ1_2410 Absent Absent
Tc 3 complete loci, 2 partial locia 1 complete locus, 4 partial locia Absent Absent

NRPS–PKS PAX-peptide synthesis XNC1_2781-2784 XBJ1_2151-2155 XDD1_2664-2669 Absent
Unknown metabolite synthesis XNC1_2037-2040 XBJ1_1966-1968 XDD1_2281-2289 Absent

Amino acid-related compounds catabolism Choline catabolism and transport XNC1_1244-1247 XBJ1_3308-3305 XDD1_1182-1185 Absent
Arginine and amino-butyrate metabolism XNC1_2270-2274 XBJ1_0079-0085 XDD1_1920-1927 Absent
Hydroxyphenylacetic acid catabolism XNC1_0446-0449 XBJ1_3600 XDD1_0415 Absent
XNC1_0810-0823 XBJ1_0867-0875 XDD1_1012-1026 Absent
XBJ1_3599-3560 (partial)
Phenylalanine and phenylacetic acid catabolism XNC1_3619-3621 XBJ1_3555-3557 XDD1_0655-0657 Absent
XNC1_4614-4627 XBJ1_0117-0128 XDD1_3917-3928 Absent
Tyrosine catabolism XNC1_2243-2245 XBJ1_2348-2352 XDD1_2132-2135 Absent

Regulators Two-component system YehU/YehT XNC1_0512-0513 XBJ1_0375-0376 XDD1_0487-0488 Absent
Quorum sensing regulator LuxS XNC1_1265 XBJ1_3281 XDD1_1203 Absent
Putative RcsA activator XNC1_1652-1653 XBJ1_1898 XDD1_2386 Absent
Transcriptional repressor for phenylacetic acid degradation XNC1_4631 XBJ1_0116 XDD1_0107 Absent

Entire TA systems (type IIb) CcdAB XNC1_0081-0082 Absent Absent Absent
HipBA XNC1_4231-4232 Absent XDD1_0152-0153 Absent
MazEF XNC1_0471-0472 XBJ1_0440-0442 XDD1_0556-0557, Absent
XDD1_3836-3837
Doc–Phd XNC1_0202-0203 XBJ1_4379-4380 XDD1_0111-0112 Absent
RelBE XNC1_1940-1941 XBJ1_3187-3188 Absent Absent
VapBC XNC1_0417-0418, Absent XDD1_0524-0525, Absent
XNC1_4632-4633 XDD1_0577-0578

Note.—Tps, two partner system; CDI, contact-dependent inhibitor.

aFor further description, see Chaston et al. (2011).

bPredicted after a RASTA analysis (Sevin and Barloy-Hubler 2007) and from selection of nine families described in Escherichia coli or Yersinia pestis (CcdA/CcdB, HicA/HicB, HigA/HigB, HipA/HipB, MazE/MazF, ParD/ParE, Phd/Doc, RelE/RelB, VapB/VapC).