Table 1.
Summary of mutations in coding regions found in the isogenic transplant litterbags
Gene Name | Position | Specific mutation | Type of mutation | Occurrences in samples† | Mutation frequency‡ | Gene description |
relA → | 732,949 | G → T | G196V | All samples | 62.0 ± 20.0% | Bifunctional (p)ppGpp |
nonsynonymous | (GGC → GTC) | synthase/hydrolase | ||||
marR → | 1,513,025 | A → C | A102A | Scrubland T1; | 32.1 ± 7.0% | Multiple antibiotic |
synonymous | (GCA → GCC) | Pine–Oak T1-T3; | resistance protein | |||
Subalpine T1-T3 | ||||||
orf01789 ← | 1,895,438 | Δ54 bp | — | Desert T1-T3; | 12.8 ± 1.8% | Zinc transporter |
deletion | Scrubland T1,T3; | |||||
Grassland T1-T3; | ||||||
Pine–Oak T1,T3; | ||||||
Subalpine T1,T3 | ||||||
lutR → | 2,623,478 | G → A | G77E | Subalpine T2-T3 | 13.4 ± 0.7% | HTH-type transcriptional |
nonsynonymous | (GGG → GAG) | regulator | ||||
wcaJ → | 3,114,825 | C → T | Q182* | Desert T1-T3; | 30.6 ± 6.2% | DP-glucose:undecaprenyl- |
nonsense | (CAG → TAG) | Scrubland T2-T3; | phosphate glucose-1- | |||
Grassland T1-T3 | phosphate transferase | |||||
lacF ← | 3,355,556 | Δ46 bp | — | all samples | 14.7 ± 2.8% | Lactose transport system |
deletion | permease protein |
T1 = population sample collected at 6 mo, T2 = 12 mo, and T3 = 18 mo.
Frequency calculated from samples where mutation was detected.