Table 3.

Distribution of UvrC and UvrC-like proteins in different bacterial genomes.

Organisms	Group	UvrC	Endonuclease	Cho protein	Fusion Cho-polIII
Caulobacter crescentus	Alpha-proteobacteria	+	+
Mesorhizobium loti	Alpha-proteobacteria	+	+
Rhodopseudomonas palustris.	Alpha-proteobacteria	+	+
Azoarcus sp	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Chromobacterium violaceum	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Dechloromonas aromática	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Methylobacillus flagellatus	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Neisseria meningitidis	Beta-proteobacteria	+	+
Nitrosospira multiformis	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Ralstonia eutropha	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Ralstonia metallidurans	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Rhodoferax ferrireducens	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Thiobacillus denitrificans	Beta-proteobacteria	+			+
Alkaliphilus metalliredigenes	Firmicutes	+	+
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Firmicutes	+			+
Flavobacterium sp	Flavobacteria	+	+		+
Azotobacter vinelandii	Gamma-proteobacteria	+		+
Escherichia coli	Gamma-proteobacteria	+		+
Legionella pneumophila	Gamma-proteobacteria	+	+
Salmonella sp.	Gamma-proteobacteria	+		+
Shiguella flexneri	Gamma-proteobacteria	+		+
Xanthomonas sp.	Gamma- proteobacteria	+		+