Table 1.

Number of genes per COG group in the O. carboxidovorans genome.

Process	Description	Class ID	CDS No
Cellular Process and Signaling	Cell cycle control, cell division and chromosome partitioning	D	37
Cellular Process and Signaling	Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis	M	205
Cellular Process and Signaling	Cell motility	N	90
Cellular Process and Signaling	Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones	O	172
Cellular Process and Signaling	Signal transduction mechanisms	T	189
Cellular Process and Signaling	Intracellular trafficking, secretion and vesicular transport	U	117
Cellular Process and Signaling	Defense mechanisms	Y	99
Cellular Process and Signaling	Extracellular structures	W	1
Information storage and processing	Chromatin structure and dynamics	B	1
Information storage and processing	Translation, ribosome structure and biogenesis	J	193
Information storage and processing	Transcription	K	205
Information storage and processing	Replication, recombination and repair	L	175
Metabolism	Energy production and conversion	C	236
Metabolism	Amino acid transport and metabolism	E	444
Metabolism	Nucleotide transport and metabolism	F	79
Metabolism	Carbohydrate transport and metabolism	G	207
Metabolism	Coenzyme transport and metabolism	H	137
Metabolism	Lipid transport and metabolism	I	150
Metabolism	Inorganic ion transport and metabolism	P	345
Metabolism	Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism	Q	112
Poorly characterized	General function prediction only	R	514
Poorly characterized	Function unknown	S	243