Table 3.

The 34 consensus gene names found in all 147 prokaryotic genomes (from Figure 1)

^*argS (arginyl-tRNA synthetase)

dnaG (DNA primase)

^*fusA (translation elongation factor EF-G)

^*gcp (O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase)

^*gltX (glutamyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*hisS (histidyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*infB (translation initiation factor IF-2)

ksgA (S-adenosylmethionine-6-N′,N′-adenosyl (rRNA) dimethyltransferase)

leuS (leucyl-tRNA synthetase)

lysS (lysyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*metG (methionyl-tRNA synthetase)

nusA (transcription pausing, L factor)

nusG (involved in transcription antitermination)

^*pheS (phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*proS (prolyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*rplA (ribosomal protein L1)

^*rplC (ribosomal protein L3)

^*rplE (ribosomal protein L5)

rplF (ribosomal protein L6)

^*rplK (ribosomal protein L11)

^*rplN (ribosomal protein L14)

^*rpoB (RNA polymerase, β subunit)

^*rpsB (ribosomal protein S2)

^*rpsC (ribosomal protein S3)

^*rpsD (ribosomal protein S4)

^*rpsG (ribosomal protein S7)

^*rpsH (ribosomal protein S8)

secY (ATPase subunit of translocase)

^*serS (seryl-tRNA synthetase)

^*thrS (threonyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*trpS (tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*tufA (translation elongation factor EF-Tu)

^*valS (valyl-tRNA synthetase)

^*ychF (GTP binding protein)

Core genes also recovered from the “strict-sharing” analysis (Table 1) are indicated by an asterisk. The latter analysis (30 genes in the set) also includes aspS (aspartyl-tRNA synthetase), dnaX (DNA polymerase III γ/τ, or replication factor C), ftsH (ATPase involved in cell division), and rpsl (ribosomal protein S9).