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. 2013 Feb 25;7(3):469–482. doi: 10.4056/sigs.3517166

Table 5. Presence and absence of genes involved in nitrogen oxide metabolism based on [9-12].

Genes    NE*    Neut*    Nmul*     NAl212*    Nit79A3*
Nitrite reductase      nirK    +    +    +     +    2335
Nitrogen sensitive transcriptional regulator      nsrR    +    +    -     -    -
Nitric oxide reductase      norCBQD    +    +    +     +    -
Nitric oxide detoxification
Heme-copper nitric oxide reductase      norSY-senC-orf1    +    +    +     -    -
Cytochrome c′-beta      cytS    +    +    +     +    0363
Cytochrome P460      cytL    +    +    -     +    1628
Nitrosocyanin      ncyA    +    +    +     +    -

* NE: N.europaea; Neut: N.eutropha; Nmul: N.multiformis; NAL212: Nitrosomonas sp. AL212; Nit79A3: Nitrosomonas sp. Is79

(+ presence of the gene in the genome; - absence of the gene from the genome; numbers present the position of the genes in the genome of Nitrosomonas sp. Is79)