Table 8.

The ability to convert other metabolites to amino acid

Amino Acid	P. intermedia ZT	P. intermedia 17	P. dentalis	P. denticola	P. melaninogenica	P.ruminicola
Alanine	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Arginine	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
Asparagine	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Aspartic acid	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Cycteine	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Glutamate	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Glutamine	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Glycine	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Histidine	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
Isoleucine	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
Leucine	no	no	yes	no	no	yes
Lysine	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Methionine	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes
Phenylalanine	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Proline	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Serine	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
Threonine	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Tryptophan	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Tyrosine	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Valine	no	no	yes	no	no	yes

The data is predicted from the KEGG pathway analysis and not yet confirmed experimentally.