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Table 6 Chromosomes with extreme skew

From: Separating the effects of mutation and selection in producing DNA skew in bacterial chromosomes

Species

Group

RG

RT

Skew1

Chromosomes with strongest overall skew

Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus

Gammaproteobacteria

0.433

0.107

0.446

Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Firmicutes

0.426

-0.087

0.435

Ehrlichia canis str. Jake

Alphaproteobacteria.

0.346

0.226

0.413

Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Welgevonden

Alphaproteobacteria

0.360

0.191

0.408

Ehrlichia chaffeensis str. Arkansas

Alphaproteobacteria

0.360

0.191

0.407

Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Gardel

Alphaproteobacteria

0.353

0.190

0.401

Ehrlichia ruminantium str. Welgevonden

Alphaproteobacteria

0.349

0.188

0.397

Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salivarius UCC118

Firmicutes

0.362

-0.121

0.382

Borrelia burgdorferi B31

Spirochaetes

0.229

0.300

0.378

Clostridium perfringens str. 13

Firmicutes

0.350

-0.086

0.360

Borrelia garinii PBi

Spirochaetes

0.207

0.287

0.354

Xylella fastidiosa Temecula1

Gammaproteobacteria

0.254

0.228

0.341

Bartonella quintana str. Toulouse

Alphaproteobacteria

0.300

0.080

0.311

Clostridium tetani E88

Firmicutes

0.273

-0.137

0.305

Bartonella henselae str. Houston-1

Alphaproteobacteria

0.284

0.080

0.295

Xylella fastidiosa 9a5c

Gammaproteobacteria

0.197

0.218

0.294

Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM

Firmicutes

0.286

-0.024

0.287

Buchnera aphidicola str. Bp

Gammaproteobacteria

0.254

0.124

0.282

Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533

Firmicutes

0.260

-0.042

0.263

Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901

Firmicutes

0.260

0.000

0.260

Chromosomes with weakest overall skew

Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314

Actinobacteria

0.023

0.019

0.030

Nostoc sp. PCC 7120

Cyanobacteria

0.028

0.005

0.028

Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 plasmid pSymA

Alphaproteobacteria

0.022

0.014

0.026

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis K-10

Actinobacteria

0.002

0.025

0.025

Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans 2CP-C

Deltaproteobacteria

0.022

-0.009

0.024

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae 232

Firmicutes

0.017

0.016

0.023

Mycoplasma synoviae 53

Firmicutes

-0.012

0.016

0.020

Wigglesworthia glossinidia

Gammaproteobacteria

0.016

0.011

0.020

Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC str. PG1

Firmicutes

0.017

0.009

0.019

Mycoplasma gallisepticum R

Firmicutes

-0.014

0.009

0.016

Aquifex aeolicus VF5

Aquificae

-0.006

-0.014

0.015

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae 7448

Firmicutes

-0.012

-0.002

0.013

Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1

Cyanobacteria

-0.005

-0.010

0.012

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Cyanobacteria

0.010

-0.002

0.010

Synechococcus sp. JA-2-3B'a(2–13)

Cyanobacteria

0.009

-0.001

0.009

Baumannia cicadellinicola str. Hc

Gammaproteobacteria

-0.003

-0.005

0.006

Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413

Cyanobacteria

-0.005

0.003

0.006

Mycoplasma pneumoniae M129

Firmicutes

0.003

0.003

0.004

Synechococcus sp. JA-3-3Ab

Cyanobacteria

0.001

0.004

0.004

Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421

Cyanobacteria

0.003

-0.002

0.004

  1. 1Overall skew given by SQRT(RG2 + RT2)