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Table 2 Clustering scores (CC) for metabolic clustering of genes recently transferred horizontally into E. coli K12. Two horizontally transferred (HGT) genes were considered metabolic neighbours if they encode reactions that catalyse tightly correlated fluxes in the E. coli K12 metabolic network

From: Horizontally transferred genes cluster spatially and metabolically

Method

# HGT candidates

Expected pairs

Observed pairs

CC

p

terminal.pen1

205

4.68

24

5.128

<0.001

terminal.pen2

85

0.80

0

0.000

0.76