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. 2014 Aug;80(16):5043–5052. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00969-14

TABLE 3.

Number of peptides relevant to CH4 oxidation and N2 fixation in enriched microbial cells from root of paddy field-grown rice planta

Domain Family Genus CH4 oxidation
N2 fixation
MMO MDH FADH FDH NifH NifD NifK VnfD
Bacteria
Methylocystaceae Methylosinus 114 32 24 11 7 8 8
Methylocystaceae Methylocystis 51 45 7 1 1 2
Beijerinckiaceae Methylocella 19 5
Methylobacteriaceae Methylobacterium 18
Bradyrhizobiaceae Bradyrhizobium 9 1 2
Bradyrhizobiaceae Rhodopseudomonas 1 2
Hyphomicrobiaceae Hyphomicrobium 1 1
Rhizobiaceae Rhizobium 1
Cystobacterineae Anaeromyxobacter 1 2
Archaea
Methanobacteriaceae Methanobacterium 1 1
Methanosarcinaceae Methanosarcina 1 1 1
Other Uncultured bacteria 8
Total peptides 184 112 32 15 11 13 18 2
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Boldface entries indicate members of the family Methylocystaceae, including Methylosinus and Methylocystis. MMO, methane monooxygenase; MDH, methanol dehydrogenase; FADH, formaldehyde dehydrogenase; FDH, formate dehydrogenase; NifH, nitrogenase reductase; NifD, alpha subunit of dinitrogenase; NifK, beta subunit of dinitrogenase; VnfD, alpha subunit of vanadium dinitrogenase.