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. 2020 Jul 3;11(7):744. doi: 10.3390/genes11070744

Table 3.

Presence/absence of the virulence and symbiosis factors in seven Burkholderia genomes.

iPBE SBE BCC&P PBE
Functions 1 Factors 2 Burkholderia sp. PGU16 Burkholderia sp. PGU19 B. insecticola RPE64 B. cordobensis RPE67 Burkholderia sp. THE68 B. pseudomallei K96243 B. phytofirmans PsJN
Flagella VPS + + + + + + +
Chemotaxis VPS + + + + + + +
T3SS 3 VP + + - - - + -
T6SS 3 VP + + + + + + +
Capsular polysaccharide synthesis and export cluster V - - - - - + -
LPS biosynthetic cluster 3 V + + + + + + +
Phospholipase C V + + + + + + +
Metalloprotease A V - - - - - + -
MucD Ser protease V + + + + + + +
Type 1 fimbriae V + + + + + + +
Type 4 pili VP + - + + + + +
Tad pili 3 V + + + + + + +
T4SS 3 VP + - - - + - +
Siderophore biosynthesis P + - + + + + +
ACC deaminase 3 P + + + + + + +
AHL-based quorum sensing 3 VP + + - - - + +
3-OH-PAME-based quorum sensing 3 P - - - - - - -
PHA biosynthesis 3 S + + + + + + +
Purine biosynthesis S + + + + + + +
Allantoin and urea metabolic pathway S + + + + + + +

1 The following symbiotic genes reported in the stink bug-Burkholderia symbiosis were conserved in all the Burkholderia genomes and were omitted: uppP, amiC, wbxA, waaF, waaC. 2 V, Virulence; P, Plant growth promotion; S, Symbiosis with the bean bug. 3 T3SS, Type three secretion system; T6SS, Type six secretion system; LPS, Lipopolysaccharide; Tad, Tight adherence; T4SS, Type four secretion system; ACC, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid; AHL, N-acyl homoserine lactone; and 3-OH-PAME, 3-hydroxypalmitate methyl ester; PHA, Polyhydroxyalkanoates.