Table 4.
Abundance of phosphonate (and related) metabolic pathways in bacterial genomes sampled by the Global Ocean Survey.
| Pathway | Query polypeptide | Abundance of pathway (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Phosphonate biosynthesis | Phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase | 10.2 |
| C–P lyase | Complex subunit PhnJ | 5.1 |
| Phosphonoacetaldehyde hydrolase | PhnX | 1.8 |
| Phosphonoacetate hydrolase | PhnA | 11.2 |
| Phosphonopyruvate hydrolase | PalA | 0.1 |
| Phosphonate transporter | Transporter subunit PhnD | 5.5 |
| Potential new degradation pathway (Martinez et al., 2010) | PhnY* | 1.6 |
| PhnZ | 9.4 | |
| Alkaline phosphatase A | PhoA | 5.9 |
| Alkaline phosphatase D | PhoD | 4.6 |
| Phosphatase X | PhoX | 3.5 |
| Repair and maintenance of DNA (Control) | RecA | 100 |