Table 1.
Full names of in alphabetical order species used in phylogenetic studies
| Abbreviation | Complete species name a |
| AGRTU | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
| AQUAE | Aquifex aeolicus |
| ARTSP | Arthrobacter species |
| BACCE | Bacillus cereus |
| BACHA | Bacillus halodurans |
| BACTH | Bacillus thuringiensis |
| CHLLI | Chlorobium limicola |
| CHLTE | Chlorobium tepidum |
| DEHET | Dehalococcoides ethenogenes |
| DEIGE | Deinococcus geothermalis |
| DEIRA | Deinococcus radiodurans |
| DESHA | Desulfitobacterium hafniense |
| DESPS | Desulfotalea psychrophila |
| DESVH | Desulfovibrio vulgaris |
| DESAC | Desulfuromonas acetoxidans |
| GEOKA | Geobacillus kaustophilus |
| GEOME | Geobacter metallireducens |
| GEOSL | Geobacter sulfurreducens |
| HALMA | Haloarcula marismortui |
| HELHE | Helicobacter hepaticus |
| KINRA | Kineococcus radiotolerans |
| LEIXY | Leifsonia xyli |
| LEPIN | Leptospira interrogans |
| METBU | Methanococcoides burtonii |
| METAC | Methanosarcina acetivorans |
| METBA | Methanosarcina barkeri |
| METMA | Methanosarcina mazei |
| MYCLE | Mycobacterium leprae |
| MYCPA | Mycobacterium paratuberculosis |
| MYCTU | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| NOCFA | Nocardia farcinica |
| ALCEU | Alcaligenes eutrophus |
| RHIME | Sinorhizobium meliloti |
| PIRBA | Pirellula baltica |
| SOLUS | Solibacter usitatus |
| STRAV | Streptomyces avermitilis |
| STRCO | Streptomyces coelicolor |
| SYMTH | Symbiobacterium thermophilum |
| THEFU | Thermobifida fusca |
| THETH | Thermus thermophilus |
| VIBPA | Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
| WOLSU | Wolinella succinogenes |
a Names of species used in the alignment of ArgHX sequences are listed as found in the phylogenetic tree shown on Figs. 3 and 4.