Research Article

Towards a Systems Approach in the Genetic Analysis of Archaea: Accelerating Mutant Construction and Phenotypic Analysis in Haloferax volcanii

Table 1

Gene-deletion summary.

GeneCOGStrain growth rate Hv-YPCaStrain growth rate CDMa,bPhenotype/essentiality verified

H26 (wild-type)0.02270.0133
HVO_015610410.02230.0105
HVO_065805850.02810.0175
HVO_200103430.02330.0123Cold-sensitivity
HVO_023618670.02380.0104
HVO_29060565
HVO_288812430.01020.0115Severe growth defect
HVO_058000370.02710.0124
HVO_273614440.02100.0115(20)
HVO_185201010.01510.0151Growth defect
HVO_159401440.01070.0107Growth defect
HVO_091617980.00550.0088Cold-sensitivity, severe growth defect
HVO_163141120.01960.0097Cold-sensitivity, slight growth defect
HVO_247728900.02190.0117Cold-resistance
HVO_171606030.0220.0143
HVO_171706020.0200.0118
HVO_B035413570.02660.0128
HVO_039020160.00660.0064Severe growth defect
HVO_247800420.02430.0075Defined media growth defect
HVO_147522630.02660.0177
HVO_110513740.02160.0124
HVO_200815490.02450.0154
HVO_11051374,0.0250.0127
HVO_05742226Not deletedPredicted essential
HVO_03391571Not deletedDeleted only when gene present in trans
HVO_06972047Not deletedPredicted essential
HVO_02530009Not deletedDeleted only when gene present in trans
HVO_11731303Not deletedPredicted essential
HVO_13832519Not deletedPredicted essential
HVO_27471491Not deletedDeleted only when gene present in trans
HVO_0929Not deletedPredicted essential

agrowth rates are presented hr−1.
b0.4% (v/v) glycerol used as a carbon source.
cNot determined.