Table 1 Potential Archaeal to Bacterial Laterally Transferred ORFs in E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 Genome. Although ORFs Z5331 and Z0509 do not have archaeal genes as the most similar BLAST hit, they are included because in general they are absent from almost all bacterial genomes.
E. coli O157:H7 designation | Location (O island) | Best BLAST hit to ORF from: | Best guess at function |
|---|---|---|---|
Z4267 | 119 | Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum | ABC transporter : cations? |
Z4271 | 119 | Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum | ABC transporter : cations? |
Z5331 | 155 | Helicobacter pylori | ? |
Z0509 | 25 | Yersinia pestis | ? |
Z5989 | 172 | Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 | Helicase |
Z5900 | 172 | Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 | Helicase |