Figure 1

Integration of gene significance with its presence/absence. A gene that is present in at least 75% of strains of a phenotype is assumed to be predominantly present and a gene that is absent in at least 75% of strains of a phenotype is assumed to be predominantly absent; otherwise a gene is assumed to be present in a subset of strains. Gene-phenotype relations were visualized by integrating each gene’s phenotype importance with its predominant presence/absence in strains of this particular phenotype, whereas in visualizing gene-strain relations gene’s contribution score and presence/absence in a corresponding strain were used.