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. 2020 Feb 12;6(7):eaay4453. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4453

Table 3. Mutation rates in wild-type and MMR-deficient strains from bacterial species as obtained from MA datasets.

Type of
mutation
Mutation rates per nucleotide per generation (x10−10)*
This study Previous studies
Mycobacterium
smegmatis
Corynebacterium
glutamicum
Escherichia coli Deinococcus
radiodurans
Bacillus subtilis Pseudomonas
fluorescens
Vibrio cholerae Vibrio fischeri
wt ΔnucS Increase§ wt ΔnucS Increase wt ΔmutL Increase wt ΔmutL Increase wt ΔmutS Increase wt ΔmutS Increase wt ΔmutS Increase wt ΔmutS Increase
Total BPSs 5.8 236.8 40.9 8.9 461.3 51.7 2 274.7 137 5 18.6 3.7 3.3 331 101.1 0.9 286.9 308.2 1.1 90.6 84.9 2 654.7 322
Transitions 3.6 233.1 64.7 6.2 457.8 73.4 1.1 268.4 238.2 3.2 17.7 5.6 2.5 321.7 130.7 0.6 283.3 481.1 0.6 89.1 137.1 0.9 641.2 681.8
A:T>G:C 0.9 139.5 147.1 2.3 205.4 90.6 0.4 192.9 457.5 1.1 6.1 5.4 1.2 158.3 128.2 0.2 144.4 754.7 0.1 44.5 302.8 0.3 387.4 1456.6
G:C>A:T 2.7 93.6 35.3 4 252.4 63.5 0.7 75.6 107.1 2 11.6 5.7 1.2 163.4 133.3 0.4 138.9 349.3 0.5 44.6 88.7 0.7 253.7 376.2
Transversions 2.2 3.7 1.7 2.7 3.5 1.3 0.9 6.3 7.1 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.8 9.3 11.4 0.3 3.7 10.7 0.4 1.5 3.6 1.1 13.5 12.4
A:T>T:A 0.2 0.7 3.6 0.3 0 0 0.1 2.4 16.2 0.2 0.3 1.2 0.3 3.9 14.8 0.01 0.7 59.9 0.05 0.4 7.6 0.04 5.8 153.7
A:T>C:G 0.6 0.6 1 1 2.6 2.6 0.3 1.7 5.2 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.7 10.6 0.1 0.4 3.7 0.1 0.3 2 0.2 0.9 3.9
G:C>T:A 1.1 1.8 1.5 1 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.7 6.5 0.4 0 0 0.2 1 4.5 0.1 0.9 6.6 0.2 0.4 1.8 0.7 4.9 6.8
G:C>C:G 0.3 0.7 2.4 0.4 0 0 0.1 0.5 3.5 0.1 0.3 2.5 0.1 1.8 23.4 0.1 1.7 18.2 0.05 0.5 11.5 0.1 1.8 19.4
Total indels 1.8 1.8 1 0.9 0 0 0.2 51.7 286.3 0.2 4.7 21.4 1.2 52.3 44.3 0.1 24.7 209.5 0.2 24.2 142.2 0.6 57.6 101.1
Insertions 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.4 0 0 ǁ 0.1 2.2 19 0.3 31.9 111.4 0.03 22.8 687.1 0.04 12.5 323.2 0.2 25.2 120.6
Deletions 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 0 0 0.1 2.5 24.2 0.9 20.4 22.9 0.1 1.9 22.6 0.1 11.7 89 0.4 32.4 89.8
Overall 7.6 238.5 31.5 9.8 461.3 46.9 2.2 326.4 149.4 5.2 23.3 4.5 4.5 383.3 86.1 1 311.6 297.1 1.2 114.8 92.8 2.6 712.3 273.7

*Values have been adjusted to one decimal when possible.

†All values have been calculated according to the method applied in our study taking the original data from the following sources: C. glutamicum (8), E. coli (15), B. subtilis (21, 26), D. radiodurans (25), P. fluorescens (21), V. cholerae (27), and V. fischeri (27).

‡Data from chromosomal mutations.

§Fold increase [MMR-deficient versus wild-type (wt) strain mutation rates].

ǁBlank spaces: No data available.