… The asterisk indicates a novel cofactor binding site with weak homology to cytochrome d
and quinoheme binding sites. b, ORFs kuste2469–kuste2483 encode a new multicopper …

… estimated by Tajima's D statistics. We found that overall a gene's average Tajima's D was
slightly negative (indicating an excess of rare alleles). However, the Tajima's D of synonymous …

Acinetobacter baumannii is a species of nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria commonly
found in water and soil. This organism was susceptible to most antibiotics in the 1970s. It …

Leguminous plants (such as peas and soybeans) and rhizobial soil bacteria are symbiotic
partners that communicate through molecular signaling pathways, resulting in the formation of …

A considerable fraction of life develops in the sea at temperatures lower than 15C. Little is
known about the adaptive features selected under those conditions. We present the analysis …

Escherichia coli K-12 and B have been the subjects of classical experiments from which
much of our understanding of molecular genetics has emerged. We present here complete …

MicroScope is an integrated platform dedicated to both the methodical updating of microbial
genome annotation and to comparative analysis. The resource provides data from …

Soil bacteria that also form mutualistic symbioses in plants encounter two major levels of
selection. One occurs during adaptation to and survival in soil, and the other occurs in concert …

… frameshift would allow the regulation of the production of fully functional phospholipase D. …
713 (C) and 2691 (D) reads for AYE and 514 (C) and 18156 (D) reads for SDF. Repeated …

Comparative genomics is the cornerstone of identification of gene functions. The immense
number of living organisms precludes experimental identification of functions except in a …