Table 5

Genes shared by six N. meningitidis strains and N. lactamica that are absent in two N. gonorrhoeae strains, some of which may play a role in nasopharyngeal colonization

Label

Gene

Product

NMV_1014

Conserved hypothetical protein

NMV_1017

Hypothetical protein

NMV_1172/1173

Putative glycosyl transferase (pseudogene)

NMV_1233

cysG

Siroheme synthase

NMV_1234

cysH

Adenosine phosphosulfate reductase (APS reductase)

NMV_1235

cysD

Sulfate adenylyltransferase small subunit

NMV_1236

cysN

Sulfate adenylyltransferase large subunit

NMV_2185

Conserved hypothetical integral membrane protein

NMV_2186

Hypothetical membrane-associated protein

These genes, which are in synteny and/or are BBHs, encode proteins displaying at least 50% amino acid identity over at least 80% of their length.

Rusniok et al. Genome Biology 2009 10:R110   doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-10-r110