Gene gain and loss events in Rickettsia and Orientiaspecies

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Table 4 Gene content in the rickettsial genomes

*Rickettsia*	*conorii*	*slovaca*	*africae*	*massiliae*	*rickettsii*	*akari*	*felis*	*prowazekii*	*typhi*	*canadensis*	*bellii*
*conorii*	1229	1002	1025	850	911	785	826	758	760	752	805
*slovaca*	0.82	1581	1013	845	986	786	825	748	751	747	798
*africae*	0.83	0.82	1242	856	906	777	828	754	760	746	800
*massiliae*	0.69	0.64	0.69	1330	832	772	825	748	751	747	814
*rickettsii*	0.74	0.75	0.73	0.63	1311	782	811	740	743	742	783
*akari*	0.64	0.65	0.64	0.63	0.64	1217	792	743	747	740	770
*felis*	0.67	0.57	0.67	0.62	0.62	0.65	1441	774	775	758	887
*prowazekii*	0.87	0.86	0.87	0.86	0.85	0.86	0.89	867	784	724	750
*typhi*	0.92	0.91	0.92	0.91	0.90	0.90	0.94	0.95	828	727	752
*canadensis*	0.78	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.76	0.78	0.84	0.88	969	732
*bellii*	0.66	0.57	0.64	0.61	0.60	0.63	0.64	0.87	0.91	0.76	1395

The numbers of genes shared between genomes (upper right triangle), the percentage of genes shared between genomes (the total number divided by the number of genes in the smallest genome; lower left triangle) and the numbers of genes per genome (bold).

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