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. 2005 Dec;69(4):608–634. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.69.4.608-634.2005

TABLE 5.

Numbers and types of complete PTS permeases identified in each of the bacterial kingdomsa

Taxonomic group No. of complete PTS permeases
Glc Fru Lac Gut Gat Man Asc
Actinobacteria 12 11 2 1 1 3 4
Firmicutes 111 63 57 8 12 51 21
    Bacillales 37 29 36 4 9 11 7
    Lactobacillales 46 17 17 4 3 33 6
    Clostridia 9 5 4 7 1
    Mollicutes 19 12 7
Proteobacteria 37 55 14 7 7 28 22
    Alpha subdivision 2 1
    Beta subdivision 5 3
        Burkholderiales 3 1
        Neisseriales 2 2
    Gamma subdivision 30 52 14 6 7 27 22
        Enterobacteriales 22 27 11 5 7 21 14
        Pasteurellales 3 4 1 4 4
        Pseudomonadales 1 3
        Vibrionales 3 15 3 2 4
        Xanthomonadales 2
    Delta subdivision 1
Spirochetes 2 4 1
Unclassified bacteria 1 2 1
    Total 163 135 74 16 20 83 47
a

PTS permeases are classified according to the seven PTS permease families, as specified in the transporter classification database (TCDB) (10,77).