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.
| Gene | COG | Strain growth rate Hv-YPCa | Strain growth rate CDMa,b | Phenotype/essentiality verified |
| H26 (wild-type) | — | 0.0227 | 0.0133 | — | HVO_0156 | 1041 | 0.0223 | 0.0105 | | HVO_0658 | 0585 | 0.0281 | 0.0175 | | HVO_2001 | 0343 | 0.0233 | 0.0123 | Cold-sensitivity | HVO_0236 | 1867 | 0.0238 | 0.0104 | | HVO_2906 | 0565 | | | | HVO_2888 | 1243 | 0.0102 | 0.0115 | Severe growth defect | HVO_0580 | 0037 | 0.0271 | 0.0124 | | HVO_2736 | 1444 | 0.0210 | 0.0115 | (20) | HVO_1852 | 0101 | 0.0151 | 0.0151 | Growth defect | HVO_1594 | 0144 | 0.0107 | 0.0107 | Growth defect | HVO_0916 | 1798 | 0.0055 | 0.0088 | Cold-sensitivity, severe growth defect | HVO_1631 | 4112 | 0.0196 | 0.0097 | Cold-sensitivity, slight growth defect | HVO_2477 | 2890 | 0.0219 | 0.0117 | Cold-resistance | HVO_1716 | 0603 | 0.022 | 0.0143 | | HVO_1717 | 0602 | 0.020 | 0.0118 | | HVO_B0354 | 1357 | 0.0266 | 0.0128 | | HVO_0390 | 2016 | 0.0066 | 0.0064 | Severe growth defect | HVO_2478 | 0042 | 0.0243 | 0.0075 | Defined media growth defect | HVO_1475 | 2263 | 0.0266 | 0.0177 | | HVO_1105 | 1374 | 0.0216 | 0.0124 | | HVO_2008 | 1549 | 0.0245 | 0.0154 | | HVO_1105 | 1374, | 0.025 | 0.0127 | | HVO_0574 | 2226 | Not deleted | Predicted essential | HVO_0339 | 1571 | Not deleted | Deleted only when gene present in trans | HVO_0697 | 2047 | Not deleted | Predicted essential | HVO_0253 | 0009 | Not deleted | Deleted only when gene present in trans | HVO_1173 | 1303 | Not deleted | Predicted essential | HVO_1383 | 2519 | Not deleted | Predicted essential | HVO_2747 | 1491 | Not deleted | Deleted only when gene present in trans | HVO_0929 | | Not deleted | Predicted essential |
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agrowth rates are presented hr−1.
b0.4% (v/v) glycerol used as a carbon source.
cNot determined.
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