Table 1.
Function | APL | EPL | GPL | FER1 | FER2 | IPL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerobic metabolisms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aerobic respiration |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Fe oxidation (blue-copper protein) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Aerobic CODH |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Anaerobic CODH |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Anaerobic metabolisms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formate dehydrogenase |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Putative hydrogenase complex |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Fermentation to acetate |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Carbon catabolism |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glycolysis |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Entner-Doudoroff pathway |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Beta oxidation |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Methylotrophy |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Biosynthesis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cobalamin biosynthesis |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
Molybdopterin biosynthesis |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Histidine synthesis |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Leucine/Isoleucine synthesis |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Glyoxylate shunt |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Motility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Flagella |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Chemotaxis |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Toxic metal resistance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arsenic resistance |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Copper resistance |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Mercury resistance |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Structure/Motility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
S-layer |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Ether-linked lipids |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Cellulose/cell wall polysaccharides |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Pili | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y |
APL is Aplasma. EPL is Eplasma. GPL is Gplasma. FER1 and FER2 are Ferroplasma acidarmanus type I and type II. IPL is Iplasma. Y indicates that the pathway is found in the genome, whereas N indicates that it is not.