Identification of genes required for the survival of B. fragilis using massive parallel sequencing of a saturated transposon mutant library

Table 1 Comparison of essential genes of Bacteroides fragilis 638R to other species in the DEG

Bacteria	No. essential genes	Number of homologs of B. fragilis 638R essential genes present in other bacteria	% of B. fragilis 638R essential genes present in other bacteria
*B. fragilis* 638R	550	-	-
P. gingivalis ATCC 33277	463	277	50
B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482	325	211	36.5
Caulobacter crescentus	480	199	36
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv II	771	193	35
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi	353	187	34
Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325	351	183	33
Burkholderia thailandensis E264	406	175	32
Bacillus subtilis 168	271	173	31
E.coli MG1655 II	296	171	31

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