Table 2. Methylated amine metabolism and the presence of functional gene markers in Movile Cave isolates.
| Isolate |
Methylated amines used as |
Functional genes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-source | C-source | gmaS | mauA | ||
| Alphaproteobacteria | |||||
| 1 | Methylobacterium extorquens 2W-7 | + | + | + | + |
| 2 | Xanthobacter tagetidis LW-13 | + | + | + | + |
| 3 | Paracoccus yeei A2-1D | + | + | + | + |
| 4 | Paracoccus sp. 1W-61 | + | + | − | + |
| 5 | Aminobacter niigataensis 2W-12 | + | + | + | − |
| 6 | Catellibacterium sp. LW-1 | + | + | + | − |
| 7 | Mesorhizobium sp. 1M-11 | + | + | + | − |
| 8 | Shinella sp. A2-41x | + | − | + | − |
| 9 | Rhodobacter sp. 1W-5 | + | − | + | − |
| 10 | Oleomonas sp. O1 | + | − | + | − |
| 11 | Oleomonas sp. O3 | + | − | + | − |
| Gammaproteobacteria | |||||
| 12 | Acinetobacter johnsonii 1W-6 | + | − | + | − |
| 13 | Acinetobacter lwoffii 2W-62 | + | − | + | − |
| 14 | Pseudomonas sp. 1W-57Y | + | − | + | − |
| Betaproteobacteria | |||||
| 15 | Zoogloea caeni A2-14M | + | − | + | − |
Overview of bacterial isolates from Movile Cave, their capability of using methylated amines as a carbon (C) and/or nitrogen (N) source, and presence of functional genes indicating the direct (mauA) or indirect (gmaS) methylamine oxidation pathway.