Table 1 Analysis of 23 universal gene families with Prunier with two reference trees

(* indicates LGT diagnosis by Brown et al. )

14 genes tree reference tree

Slow

Fast-80

Fast-90

Slow

Fast-80

Fast-90

aspartyl-tRNA synthetase

4

8

8

6

7

7

glutamyl-tRNA synthetase

12

12

12

13

11

11

leucyl-tRNA synthetase

9

11

11

11

13

13

initiation factor 2

8

9

0

3

3

1

elongation factor G

10

11

5

11

9

4

elongation factor Tu

0

9

9

7

9

9

ribosomal protein L2

2

13

1

6

8

0

ribosomal protein S5

7

2

2

4

2

2

ribosomal protein S8

7

5

0

7

5

0

ribosomal protein S11

13

1

1

11

1

1

DNA-directed RNA polymerase β chain

0

8

2

8

7

2

DNA topoisomerase I

10

13

4

8

12

3

DNA polymerase III subunit

3

2

1

2

2

0

signal recognition particle protein

3

8

1

4

5

1

alanyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

5

7

3

4

11

3

histidyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

7

18

9

14

15

11

isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

8

9

7

10

9

8

methionyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

11

9

7

0

12

10

phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase β subunit (*)

7

11

3

6

11

3

threonyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

13

16

16

11

16

16

valyl-tRNA synthetase (*)

9

12

12

7

9

8

aminopeptidase P (*)

19

21

21

24

21

21

rRNA dimethylase (*)

11

13

2

8

11

2