TABLE 1.
Distribution of three genes in different microorganisms
| Organism | Presence of gene fora: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| ST2245 | UDP-GlcNAc 4-Ep | UDP-Glc 4-Ep | |
| Crenarchaeota | |||
| Sulfolobus acidocaldarius | + | ND | ND |
| Sulfolobus islandicus | + | ND | ND |
| Sulfolobus solfataricus | + | ND | ND |
| Metallosphaera sedula | + | ND | ND |
| Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis | ND | ND | ND |
| Caldivirga maquilingensis | ND | ND | ND |
| Aeropyrum pernix | ND | ND | ND |
| Thermofilum pendens | ND | ND | ND |
| Euryarchaeota | |||
| Pyrococcus horikoshii | ND | + | ND |
| Pyrococcus furiosus | ND | + | ND |
| Pyrococcus abyssi | ND | + | ND |
| Methanococcus jannaschii | ND | + | ND |
| Bacteria | |||
| Rhodothermus obamensis | ND | + | ND |
| Hydrogenobaculum sp. strain Y04AAS1 | ND | ND | + |
| Desulforudis audaxviator | ND | ND | + |
| Chloroherpeton thalassium | ND | ND | + |
| Anaerocellum thermophilum | ND | ND | + |
| Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus | ND | ND | + |
| Hydrogenivirga sp. strain 128-5-R1-1 | ND | ND | + |
| Dictyoglomus turgidum | ND | ND | + |
a
+, present; ND, not detected. UDP-GlcNAc 4-Ep, UDP-GlcNAc 4-epimerase; UDP-Glc 4-Ep, UDP-GlcNAc/Glc 4-epimerase.