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OrphanMine is a database designed to allow the exploration of patterns in bacterial gene distribution. There are three different methods for exploring the data in OrphanMine:

Define your own dataset of predicted proteins using the filters provided.
Explore the 4 pre-computed orphan datasets.
Search for taxonomically restricted genes in your genome of interest.

For more information please read the FAQ or the context specific HELP pages.

Click here to view our older dataset, as reported in Wilson et al. (2005).

Publications:
Wilson GA, Feil EJ, Lilley AK, Field D (2007) Large-Scale Comparative Genomic Ranking of Taxonomically Restricted Genes (TRGs) in Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes. PLoS ONE 2(3): e324. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000324

Wilson GA, Bertrand N, Patel Y, Hughes JB, Feil EJ, Field D (2005) Orphans as taxonomically restricted and ecologically important genes. Microbiology Aug;151(Pt 8):2499-501.