BMC Microbiology

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Genomic and evolutionary comparisons of diazotrophic and pathogenic bacteria of the order Rhizobiales

Fabíola M Carvalho1, Rangel C Souza1, Fernando G Barcellos2, Mariangela Hungria3 and Ana TR Vasconcelos1,2*

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1 Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Laboratório de Bioinformática, Av Getúlio Vargas 333, 25651-075, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, INMETRO, Av Nossa Senhora das Graças 50 - prédio 6, 25250-020, Xerém - Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

3 Embrapa Soja, Cx Postal 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

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BMC Microbiology 2010, 10:37 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-10-37

Published: 8 February 2010

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Table A1. Characteristics of the genomes of 19 Rhizobiales species compared in this study. Table showing the characteristics of the genomes of 19 Rhizobiales species compared in this study, as NCBI accession, genome length, number of plasmids, CG percent and host for each species.

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Table A2. The number of clusters obtained in each comparative genomic performed by BBH. Table summarizing number of clusters obtained and analyzed in each comparative genomic performed by BBH.

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Tables A3 to 7. Common and exclusive clusters analyzed in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, bacteria involved in bioremediation, and pathogenic bacteria BBHs presented by Fix, Nif, Nod, Vir, and Trb proteins. Table showing the presence and absence of the Fix, Nif, Nod, Vir, and Trb proteins analyzed in the clusters obtained in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, bacteria involved in bioremediation, and pathogenic bacteria BBHs.

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Figure S1. NifAB, FixH, and VirB10 phylogenies. Phylogenies of selected clusters obtained by BBH, reconstructed with the Neighbor-Joining method of the Phylip 3.67 program, with 1,000 replicates for bootstrap support. (A) concatenated phylogeny for NifAB proteins; (B) phylogeny for FixH protein; (C) phylogeny for VirB10 protein.

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