The super repertoire of type IV effectors in the pangenome of Ehrlichia spp. provides insights into host-specificity and pathogenesis
Fig 4
Mapping of Ehrlichia spp. predicted Type IV effectors (pT4Es) and their homologies highlights the genomic plasticity of this genus.
Genomes of E. chaffeensis str. Arkansas (blue), E. canis str. Jake (orange), E. ruminantium str. Gardel (green) and E. muris AS145 (red) are represented in the outer circle of this Circos graph. The second and third circles represent the genes encoding the pT4Es (sense and antisense genes, respectively). The genes are colour coded depending on the genome in which they originated and species-specific genes are in black. Links using a spectral color scheme show homologies between pT4Es of the four genomes. The homologies between the pT4Es of the four genomes are also represented by squares of the corresponding genome colour.