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. 2017 Jan 17;83(3):e02499-16. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02499-16

TABLE 4.

Summary of polymorphic sites, nucleotide diversity per site, global rate ratios, and positively/negatively selected codon sitesa

Species (no. of strains) Gene No. of nt No. of codons No. (%) of polymorphic sites Mean nucleotide diversity (π) ± SD Mean dN/dS (global ω; 95% CI) No. of sites (%)
Negatively selected Positively selected
T. vincentii (11) flaA 1,062 353 19 (1.79) 0.006 ± 0.0010 0.103 (0.032–0.239) 1 (0.28) 0
recA 1,326 441 24 (1.71) 0.004 ± 0.0005 0.060 (0.019–0.139) 0 0
pyrH 687 228 106 (14.60) 0.031 ± 0.0194 0.067 (0.042–0.102) 0 0
16S 1,450 NA 6 (0.41) 0.001 ± 0.0004 NA NA NA
T. medium (1) flaA 1,068 355 NA NA NA NA NA
recA 1,362 453 NA NA NA NA NA
pyrH 687 228 NA NA NA NA NA
16S 1,450 NA NA NA NA NA NA
T. sinensis (4) flaA 1,059 352 5 (0.47) 0.003 ± 0.0008 0.058 (0.003–0.257) 0 0
recA 1,338 445 50 (3.57) 0.019 ± 0.0066 0.052 (0.019–0.112) 0 0
pyrH 687 228 23 (3.17) 0.017 ± 0.0051 0.183 (0.078–0.357) 0 0
16S 1,450 NA 0 (0.00) 0.000 ± 0.0000 NA NA NA
Treponema sp. IB (3) flaA 1,068 355 5 (0.47) 0.003 ± 0.0010 0.074 (0.004–0.328) 0 0
recA 1,368 455 124 (8.85) 0.061 ± 0.0282 0.052 (0.019–0.112) 0 0
pyrH 687 228 0 (0.00) 0.000 ± 0.0000 0.001 (0.00–10000) 0 0
16S 1,450 NA 6 (0.41) 0.003 ± 0.0008 NA NA NA
Treponema sp. IC (4) flaA 1,065 354 6 (0.56) 0.003 ± 0.0006 0.148 (0.025–0.456) 0 0
recA 1,350 449 40 (2.86) 0.016 ± 0.0043 0.108 (0.052–0.195) 0 0
pyrH 687 228 10 (1.38) 0.009 ± 0.0021 0.061 (0.102–0.190) 1 (0.44) 0
16S 1,450 NA 4 (0.28) 0.001 ± 0.0006 NA NA NA
T. denticola (41) flaA 1,050 349 218 (20.76) 0.029 ± 0.0070 0.121 (0.097–0.149) 13 (3.71) 0
recA 1,245 414 185 (13.20) 0.035 ± 0.0030 0.094 (0.076–0.115) 58 (13.98) 1
pyrH 696 231 149 (20.52) 0.031 ± 0.0067 0.082 (0.061–0.106) 31 (13.36) 0
16S 1,450 NA 25 (1.72) 0.003 ± 0.0005 NA NA NA
T. putidum (7) flaA 1,050 349 2 (0.19) 0.001 ± 0.0002 0.00 (0.00–0.263) 0 0
recA 1,245 414 154 (10.99) 0.058 ± 0.0064 0.122 (0.091–0.160) 9 (2.17) 0
pyrH 696 231 3 (0.41) 0.001 ± 0.0004 NA 0 0
16S 1,450 NA 20 (1.38) 0.005 ± 0.0016 NA NA NA
a

NA, not applicable; nt, nucleotides; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.