Table 2.

General features of the PromA plasmids family.

Plasmids	Length (bp)	Sources	Accession no.	References
pMOL98	55,563	Hydrocarbon-polluted soil in Essen, Germany	FJ666348	Van der Auwera et al., 2009
pIPO2T	45,319	Wheat rhizosphere in Wageningen, the Netherlands	AJ297913.2	Tauch et al., 2002
pSB102	55,578	Rhizosphere of alfalfa in Braunschweig, Germany	NC_003122.1	Schneiker et al., 2001
pTer331	40,457	Dune soil on Wadden Island Terschelling, the Netherlands	NC_010332.1	Mela et al., 2008
pMRAD02	47,003	Strain Methylobacterium radiotolerans JCM2831 isolated from the rice in Japan	NC_010509.1	Unpublished (only available at Genbank)