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. 2006 Sep;188(18):6498–6505. doi: 10.1128/JB.00548-06

TABLE 2.

Organisms containing a putative member of the tungsten-containing aldehyde:ferredoxin oxidoreductase family encoded in the genome (P < 10−30)

Organism Anaerobic Homologue
TupA ModA WtpA
Archaea
    Pyrococcus furiosus Yes +
    Pyrococcus abyssi Yes +
    Pyrococcus horikoshii Yes +
    Thermococcus kodakarensis Yes +
    Thermoplasma volcanium Facultative +a
    Thermoplasma acidophilum Facultative +a
    Archaeoglobus fulgidus Yes +
    Methanosarcina acetivorans Yes + +
    Methanosarcina mazei Yes + +
    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Yes +
    Methanococcus maripaludis Yes + +
    Haloarcula marismortui No + +
    Pyrobaculum aerophilum Facultative +
    Aeropyrum pernix No +a
    Thermoproteus tenaxb Yes
    Thermococcus litoralisb Yes
Bacteria
    Eubacterium acidaminophilumb Yes +
    Clostridium acetobutylicum Yes +a
    Geobacter sulfurreducens Yes + +
    Geobacter metallireducens Yes + +
    Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Yes + +
    Desulfovibrio vulgaris Yes + +
    Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Yes +
    Desulfotalea psychrophila Yes + +a +
    Wolinella succinogenes No + +a
    Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum Facultative + +
    Rhodospirillum rubrum Facultative
    Azoarcus sp. strain EbN1 Facultative + +a
    Rubrivivax gelatinosus Facultative + +
    Shigella flexneri Facultative +
    Escherichia coli Facultative +
    Thermus thermophilus HB8 Facultative +
    Thermus thermophilus HB27 No +
    Symbiobacterium thermophilum No + +
a

These homologues have P values higher than the threshold of 10−20; however, they still exhibit significant homology with the protein in the corresponding column (between 10−8 and 10−16).

b

The E. acidaminophilum, T. tenax, and T. litoralis genomes have not been completely sequenced yet or are not freely accessible. However, they are known to contain W-containing AORs (20, 26, 36).