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. 2005 Feb 17;33(3):966–976. doi: 10.1093/nar/gki201

Table 3.

List of organisms with more than 8 TA loci

Organism No. of TA locia Organism lifestyle
Archaea
Sulfolobus_tokodaii 32 Chemolithotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Archaeoglobus_fulgidus 28 Chemolithotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Sulfolobus_solfataricus 23 Chemolithotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Pyrococcus_abyssi 17 Chemoorganotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Pyrococcus_furiosus 17 Chemoorganotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Pyrococcus_horikoshii 14 Chemoorganotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Methanosarcina_acetivorans 12 Chemolithotrophic
Pyrobaculum_aerophilum 11 Chemolithotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Aeropyrum_pernix 9 Hyperthermophilic
Methanococcus_jannaschii 9 Methylotrophic and hyperthermophilic
Methanosarcina_mazei 9 Methylotrophic and hyperthermophilic?
Gram-positive bacteria
Mycobacterium_tuberculosis_H37Rv 38 Human pathogen, intra- and extracellular
Mycobacterium_tuberculosis_CDC1551 36 Human pathogen, intra- and extracellular
Nostoc_sp_PCC_7120 29 Marine and phototrophic
Synechocystis_PCC6803 14 Marine and phototrophic
Proteobacteria
Nitrosomonas_europaea 45 Chemolithotrophic and mesophilic
Xylella_fastidiosa 17 Plant pathogen
Agrobacterium_tumefaciens_str_C58_Cereon 14 Plant pathogen
Agrobacterium_tumefaciens_C58_Washington 14 Plant pathogen
Vibrio_cholerae 13 Water-borne human pathogen
Sinorhizobium_meliloti_1021 12 Plant pathogen
Caulobacter_crescentus 11 Waterborne
Mesorhizobium_loti 10 Plant pathogen
Pseudomonas_syringae 9 Plant pathogen
Pseudomonas_putida_KT2440 8 Soil bacterium
Escherichia_coli_O157 8 Human pathogen, mesophilic
Escherichia_coli_O157 EDL933 8 Human pathogen, mesophilic
Salmonella_typhimurium_LT2 8 Human pathogen, mesophilic
Xylella_fastidiosa_Temecula1 8 Plant pathogen

aNumbers include solitary toxin genes.