Figure 1

Gene map overview of the genes of TvLF. Overview of the genes of TvLF, in five strains investigated, of T. vaginalis, and the corresponding region in P. harei. Genes are numbered in order of appearance so that all orthologs have the same number. All details are listed in Additional file 1: Table S5. Note that P. harei contains eight genes without homologs in any strain of T. vaginalis (genes abbreviated 2, 4, 6, 10–11, 20, and 22–23) and T. vaginalis possess three genes absent in P. harei (genes denoted with asterisk, abbreviated 3, 5, and 19). Additionally, three genes (abbreviated 14, 16 and 29) are unique for T. vaginalis G3, Pinna and Moz-4, and are caused by stop codons in these strains. Gene classifications that are denoted by the different colors are according to Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway (KEGG pathway). Genes without suitable KEGG-classification are categorized as “other function”. The majority of the primer-pairs used for amplifying and sequencing the genes of TvLF are visualized along with the primer-pair abbreviation found in Additional file 1: Table S8.