On the origins of a Vibrio species.
Thirty-two genome sequences of various Vibrionaceae members are compared, with emphasis on what makes V. cholerae unique. As few as 1,000 gene families are conserved across all the Vibrionaceae genomes analysed; this fraction roughly doubles for gene families conserved within the species V. cholerae. Of these, approximately 200 gene families that cluster on various locations of the genome are not found in other sequenced Vibrionaceae; these are possibly unique to the V. cholerae species. By comparing gene family content of the analysed genomes, the relatedness to a particular species is identified for two unspeciated genomes. Conversely, two genomes presumably belonging to the same species have suspiciously dissimilar gene family content. We are able to identify a number of genes that are conserved in, and unique to, V. cholerae. Some of these genes may be crucial to the niche adaptation of this species.
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Tammi
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Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, The Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Wassenaar
Trudy M
TM
Hallin
Peter F
PF
Snipen
Lars
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Lagesen
Karin
K
Ussery
David W
DW
D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S