Table 1.
List of core and soft-core genes of clinical mastitis-related MPEC identified in the commensal genomes as shell genes
|
Gene |
Putative annotation |
Relative abundance in MPEC isolates (n/113) |
Relative abundance in commensal E. coli isolates (n/100) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ail* |
Putative phage portal protein |
111/113 |
22/100 |
|
appX |
Putative cytochrome bd-II ubiquinol oxidase subunit |
109/113 |
91/100 |
|
dedA |
Uncharacterized protein |
113/113 |
62/100 |
|
fecA |
Fe(3+) dicitrate transport protein |
110/113 |
27/100 |
|
fecC |
Fe(3+) dicitrate transport system permease protein |
108/113 |
26/100 |
|
fecI |
Putative RNA polymerase sigma factor |
110/113 |
27/100 |
|
fecR |
Regulator of iron dicitrate transporter |
110/113 |
27/100 |
|
folK |
2-Amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase |
109/113 |
93/100 |
|
ghoT |
Toxic component of a type V toxin–antitoxin (TA) system |
110/113 |
93/100 |
|
higA |
Antitoxin |
109/113 |
83/100 |
|
yjiK |
Putative protein |
108/113 |
90/100 |
|
yqeI* |
Transcriptional regulatory protein, C terminal protein |
108/113 |
92/100 |
|
ybfB* |
Uncharacterized MFS-type transporter |
113/113 |
89/100 |
*Genes that were initially annotated as hypothetical proteins. The identical genes were identified manually by blast on NCBI and UniProt.