Table 3 List of genes identified to be under positive selection across the genus.

From: Defining the Environmental Adaptations of Genus Devosia: Insights into its Expansive Short Peptide Transport System and Positively Selected Genes

Gene

Function

ω

p-value

q-value

Pyrroline-5-carboxylate

Proline synthesis and osmotic stress

15.385168

0.000456

0.004044

Alpha/beta hydrolase

Hydrolysis

13.417266

0.00122

0.008221

LamB

Lactam utilization

12.54433

0.001888

0.012231

Response regulator in two-component regulatory system with PhoQ

Response to divalent cation starvation; Resistance to antimicrobial peptides

21.08824

0.000026

0.000738

Translation initiation factor 3

Translation

14.490274

0.000714

0.005226

Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxyl transferase alpha chain

Membrane lipid synthesis

17.42453

0.000165

0.001848

probable iron binding protein from the HesB_IscA_SufA family

Iron starvation

20.783648

0.000031

0.000738

Exopolyphosphatase (EC 3.6.1.11)

Inorganic polyphosphate utilization, adaptation to amino acid starvation

17.073976

0.000196

0.002064

NifU-like domain protein

Maturation of nitrogenase; scaffold for Fe-S cluster assembly

11.071378

0.003943

0.02372

DNA-directed RNA polymerase omega subunit (EC 2.7.7.6)

Transcription

11.501884

0.00318

0.019835

Molybdopterin biosynthesis protein MoeB

Cofactor for detoxifying enzymes

9.045598

0.010859

0.053791

Transcriptional regulator, LuxR family

Quorum sensing, motility

19.678534

0.000053

0.000999

Glutamate methylesterase CheB (EC 3.1.1.61)

Chemotaxis

14.858994

0.000593

0.00476

MutT/nudix family protein

Housekeeping enzyme

10.824536

0.004462

0.025911

hypothetical protein

—

18.851394

0.000081

0.001132

FtsZ (EC 3.4.24.-)

Cell division

33.57748

0

0.000009

SSU ribosomal protein S6p

Ribosomal protein

17.630638

0.000148

0.001786

Scaffold protein for [4Fe-4S] cluster assembly ApbC, MRP-like

Fe-S cluster assembly; Probable Iron binding protein

24.659618

0.000004

0.000227

PetP

HTH-type transcriptional regulator

9.34578

0.009345

0.049185

3-isopropylmalate dehydratase small subunit (EC 4.2.1.33)

Biosynthesis of leucine and lysine

9.057016

0.010797

0.053791

Ribonuclease PH (EC 2.7.7.56)

tRNA processing

18.16992

0.000113

0.001469

Hypothetical protein

—

23.900184

0.000006

0.000227

Universal stress protein UspA and related nucleotide-binding proteins

Response to various stressors

14.555118

0.000691

0.005226

Sulfur acceptor protein SufE for iron-sulfur cluster assembly

Oxidative stress and iron starvation

19.676042

0.000053

0.000999

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