Table 1 Genes with the highest SNVs frequency per kbp containing 22 and more SNVs among samples listed in Table S1.

From: Strain diversity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue suggests rare interspecies transmission in African nonhuman primates

Locus$

Length

Protein function

No. of variable sites

SNVs frequency/kbp

TPESAMD_0136

1,412

fibronectin-binding protein

41

29.04

TPESAMD_0548

1,298

FadL ortholog, outer membrane protein

36

27.73

TPESAMD_0858

1,229

FadL ortholog

33

26.85

TPESAMD_0488

2,537

methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein

31

12.22

TPESAMD_0865

1,445

FadL ortholog

26

17.99

TPESAMD_0326

2,502

BamA

22

8.40

  1. $Anotation and length of the genes were identified according to the TPE reference genome Samoa D (GenBank accession number CP002374.1). Protein predictions by Brinkman et al.35 and Radolf and Kumar36.