Table 2. RAST prediction of genes in BbUM, classified under various functional categories.

Virulence, disease and defense (n=27)	Phages, prophages, transposable elements, plasmids (n=10)	Membrane transport (n=45)	Motility and chemotaxis (n=50)
Bacteriocins, ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides (6) -Colicin V and bacteriocin adhesion (0) -Toxins and superantigens (0) -Production cluster (6) Resistance to antibiotics and toxic compounds (12) -Lysozyme inhibitors (1) -Cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance (4) -Resistance to fluoroquinolones (4) -Copper homeostasis: copper tolerance (2) -Beta-lactamase (1) Invasion and intracellular resistance (9) -Mycobacterium virulence operon involved in protein synthesis (SSU ribosomal proteins) (4) -Mycobacterium virulence operon involved in DNA transcription (2) -Mycobacterium virulence operon involved in protein synthesis (LSU ribosomal proteins) (3)	Phages, prophages (10) Pathogenicity islands (0) Gene transfer agent (GTA) (0) Plasmid related functions (0) Phage family-specific subsystems (0) Transposable elements (0)	Protein translocation across cytoplasmic membrane (3) -ABC transporters (14) -Cation transporters (2) -Uni-sym and antiporters (8) Membrane transport-no subcategory (18) Protein secretion system, Type I, II, III, IV, V, VI (0) Protein secretion system, Type II (0) Protein secretion Protein secretion system, Type VII (chaperone/usher pathway, CU) (0) Protein secretion system, Type VIII (Extracellular nucleation/precipitation pathway, ENP) (0) TRAP transporters (0) Sugar phosphotransferase systems, PTS (0)	Flagellar motility in Prokaryota (50) Magnetotaxis (0) Motility and chemotaxis- no subcategory (0) Social motility and nonflagellar swimmingin bacteria (0)

The numbers in parenthesis=No. of genes.