Table 2. The impact of recombination relative to mutation (r/m) and recombination frequency relative to mutation (ρ/θ).
| Class or species | Region | Number of NST | Number of locus | r/m (95% CIa) | ρ/θ (95% CIa) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epsilonproteobacteria | OT | 70 | 11 | 2.7 (2.2–3.2) | 0.25 (0.20–0.31) | This study |
| Sulfurimonas sp. | SMT | 12 | 11 | 1.9 (1.0–3.2) | 0.11 (0.04–0.22) | This study |
| NMVA | 2 | 11 | ND | ND | This study | |
| CIR | 20 | 11 | 3.1 (1.8–4.6) | 0.06 (0.03–0.10) | This study | |
| MAR | 5 | 11 | 3.0 (1.6–5.2) | 0.24 (0.11–0.45) | This study | |
| All | 102 | 11 | 3.1 (2.4–3.7) | 0.28 (0.21–0.34) | This study | |
| Helicobacter pylori | 117 | 8 | 13. 6 (12.2–15.5) | ND | Vos and Didelot (2009) | |
| ND | 16b | ND | 4.0c | Pérez-Losada et al. (2006) | ||
| Campylobacter jejuni | 110 | 7 | 2.2 (1.7–2.8) | ND | Vos and Didelot (2009) | |
| ND | 7 | ND | 0.1c | Pérez-Losada et al. (2006) |
Abbreviations: CIR, Central Indian Ridge; MAR, Mid-Atlantic Ridge; MLSA, multilocus sequence analysis; ND, not determined; NMVA, North Mariana Volcanic Arc; OT, Okinawa Trough; SMT, South Mariana Trough.
a
Credibility interval.
b
Some MLSA loci were overlapped.
c
Average value of each gene calculated by LDhat package (McVean et al., 2002).