Figure 3

Comparison among B. mallei, B. pseudomallei, and B. thailandensis with a divergence cut-off of two-times of standard deviation from the mean values of identity and length match. Venn diagrams show the numbers of genes common or diverged or unique to each genome. Genes in the diagrams are shown in Additional files 4, 5 and 6. A. Comparisons generated based on the TBLASTN scores with the proteome of one genome to the nucleotide sequences of other genomes. Segments labeled 1, 2, 3, 4 are based on the Bm proteome, while segments 5 and 6 are based on the Bp proteome and segment 7 is based on the Bt proteome. B. Comparisons with in vivo-responsive group 1 and 3 genes and group 2 genes (see Figure 1).