Table 1.
Number of specific DNA methyltransferases in the 55 analyzed bacteria
| Bacteria (KEGG genome abbreviation) | Total MTases | Adenine MTases | Cytosine MTases | Dcm | Dam | K07316 | K03427 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacillus anthracis (ban, bar, bat) | 1.33 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis 168 (bsu)a | 4.00 | 1.67 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| Bordetella pertussis (bpe, bpc, bper) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bordetella petrii ASM6720v1 (bpt)a | 9.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi (bbu, bbz, bbn) | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Brucella melitensis (bme, bmi, bmz) | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Campylobacter hominis ATCC BAA-381 (cha)a | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
| Campylobacter jejuni (cje, cji, cju) | 2.33 | 2.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Chlamydiae pneumoniae (cpn, cpa, cpj) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Chlamydiae trachomatis (ctr, ctb, ctk) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Clostridium botulinum (cbo, cba, cbh) | 3.67 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Clostridium tetani (ctc, ctet) | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| Corynebacterium diphtheriae (cde, cdi, cdp, cdh) | 2.50 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 2.25 |
| Corynebacterium glutamicum (cgb, cgu, cgt)a | 1.33 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Coxiella burnetii (cbu, cbs, cbd) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ehrlichia chaffeensis (ech, cha, echj) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Escherichia coli K12 (eco, ecj, ecd)a | 7.33 | 5.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Escherichia coli O:157 (ecs, ece, ecf) | 3.67 | 2.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| Francisella novicida U112 (ftn)a | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Francisella tularensis (ftu, ftf, ftr) | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.00 |
| Haemophilus ducreyi (hdu) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Haemophilus influenzae (hin, hit, hip) | 5.67 | 4.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 2.33 |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae T3T1 (hpr)a | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Helicobacter cinaedi (hcp, hcb)a | 7.50 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 |
| Helicobacter pylori (hpy, hpj, hpd) | 13.00 | 9.67 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 3.00 |
| Legionella pneumophila (lpn, lph, lpo) | 1.67 | 1.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Leptospira biflexa (lbf, lbi)a | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Leptospira interrogans (lil, lie, lic) | 1.33 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Listeria innocua Clip11262 (lin)a | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Listeria monocytogenes (lmo, lmf, lmt) | 2.33 | 2.00 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| Mycobacterium indicus pranii MTCC 9506 (mip)a | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mycobacterium leprae (mle, mlb) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtu, mtul, mtv) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Mycoplasma genitalium (mge, mgu, mgc) | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mycoplasma hominis ATCC23114 (mho)a | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae (mpn, mpj, mpm) | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae (ngo, ngk) | 14.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Neisseria lactamica 020-06 (nla)a | 12.00 | 3.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 2.00 |
| Neisseria meningitidis (nme, nma, nmc) | 7.00 | 2.33 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Nocardia brasiliensis ATCC700358 (nbr) | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rickettsia peacockii Rustic (rpk)a | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rickettsia prowazekii (rpr, rpo, rpw) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rickettsia rickettsii (rrj, rra, rrc) | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Salmonella bongori (sbg, sbz, sbv)a | 4.67 | 3.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhi (sty, stt, sex) | 8.67 | 7.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 4.67 | 1.33 | 0.00 |
| Shigella flexneri (sfl, sfe, sfv, sfx) | 4.25 | 3.25 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.75 |
| Staphylococcus aureus (sau, saa, saj) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Streptococcus gordonii str. Challis substr. CH1 (sgo)a | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae (spn, spp, snt) | 5.00 | 4.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Streptococcus pyogenes (spy, spz, spk) | 3.33 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Treponema pallidum (tpa, tpp, tpw) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treponema primitia ZAS-2 (tpi)a | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Vibrio campbellii BAA-1116 (vha)a | 5.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Vibrio cholerae (vch, vcj, vco) | 5.33 | 4.33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.33 |
| Yersinia pestis (ype, ypk, ypn) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
aNon-/less pathogenic bacteria