Table 1

Forty-two pathogens included in PHIDIAS

Pathogens (disease)
CDC/NIAID category
No. of genomes
Phinfo
Pacodom
Phinet

1
Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
A/A
3

4,588

2
Brucella spp. (brucellosis)
B/B
4

4,267

3
Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
B/B
1

4,679

4
Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis)
B/B
2

5,093

5
Campylobacter jejuni (food safety threat)
/B
2

3,235

6
Clostridium botulinum (botulism)
A/A
0

N/A

7
Clostridium perfringens (epsilon toxin)
B/B
1

3,770

8
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
B/B
1

3,032

9
Escherichia coli (food safety threat)
B/B
6

5,440

10
Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
A/A
2

3,057

11
Helicobacter spp. (gastric ulcer)

5

3,374

12
Legionella pneumophila (legionnaires' disease)

3

3,974

13
Listeria monocytogenes (food safety threat)
/B
2

3,999

14
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis)
/C
2

3,991

15
Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)
/C
1

2,129

16
Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
/C
0

N/A

17
Salmonella enterica (food safety threat)
B/B
4

5,150

18
Shigella spp. (food safety threat)
B/B
5

5,211

19
Vibrio spp. (water safety threat)
B/B
5

5,449

20
Yersinia pestis (plague)
A/A
5

4,828

21
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (tickborne hemorrhagic fever)
C/C
1

4

22
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (encephalitis)
B/B
0

N/A

23
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (foot-and-mouth disease)

7

3

24
Guanarito virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

0

25
Human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS)

2

8

26
Junin virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

0

27
Lassa virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

0

28
Louping ill virus (encephalomyelitis)

1

6

29
Machupo virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

0

30
Marburg virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

N/A

31
Measles virus (measles)

1

0

32
Newcastle Disease Virus (Newcastle disease)

0

N/A

33
Powassan virus (encephalitis)

0

N/A

34
Reston ebola virus (viral hemorrhagic fever)
A/A
1

1

35
Rift Valley fever virus (Rift Valley fever)
/A
1

3

36
Variola virus (smallpox)
A/A
2

129

37
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (viral encephalitis)
B/B
1

8

38
Yellow fever virus (yellow fever)
/C
1

5

39
Cryptosporidium parvum (cryptosporidiosis)
B/B
0

N/A

40
Coccidioides immitis (meningitis)

0

N/A

41
Phakopsora pachyrhizi (soybean rust)

0

N/A

42
Plasmodium falciparum (malaria)

0

N/A


Total (42 pathogens)

77
37
75,433
27

The program includes 20 bacteria (54 genomes), 18 viruses (23 genomes), and 4 parasites. The database contains 75,433 conserved domains (7,919 unique PSSMs) and PHI network information for 27 pathogens.

Xiang et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R150   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r150

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