Figure 2

Distribution of groups of genes according to their persistence index. Genes were grouped according to their PI and examined each for its distribution in each of the 169 bacteria of interest. This figure shows the summary of the distributions of genes present in more than 50% (PI > 0.5) of the bacteria. The X-axis indicates gene groups: specifically, for each bacterium, genes with PI > 0.9 are assigned into the first group; genes with PI ≤ 0.9 and >0.8 are assigned into the second group, and so on. These genes groups were then examined by Kuiper's test in each bacterium for their distribution. The Y-axis shows the percentage of bacteria in which a group of genes was clustered. The red (resp. blue) curve is tested at alpha = 0.05 (resp. 0.01). Gene's persistence index is determined by the gene's presence in the 169 bacteria we studied.