Table 3.

Number of genetic elements involved in metabolic pathways in the six complete Novosphingobium genomes.

Organism	No. of genes involved in:
	Central carbon metabolism	Nitrogen, phosphate and sulfate	Energy metabolism	Cell mobility and chemotaxis	Degradation
Novsphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444
Chromosome	137	29	42	2	78
Plasmid pNL1	0	0	0	0	24
Plasmid pNL2	1	1	0	0	19
Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1
Chromosome	129	25	46	29	59
Plasmid pLA1	0	0	0	0	17
Plasmid pLA2	0	0	0	0	0
Plasmid pLA3	3	14	0	1	24
Plasmid pLA4	0	0	0	0	0
Plasmid pLA5	0	1	0	0	0
Novosphingobium sp. PP1Y
Chromosome	134	25	47	29	86
Plasmid Lpl	0	0	0	0	6
Plasmid Spl	0	0	0	0	0
Plasmid Mpl	3	13	0	0	17
Novosphingobium resinovorum SA1
Chromosome	129	28	43	16	37
Plasmid pSA1	17	4	0	0	33
Plasmid pSA2	0	0	0	3	0
Plasmid pSA3	1	0	4	0	0
Plasmid pSA4	0	0	0	0	0
Novosphingobium sp. P6W
Chromosome1	132	23	42	1	39
Chromosome2	1	5	0	0	31
Plasmid pP6W1	0	0	0	0	8
Plasmid pP6W2	4	0	0	0	0
Novosphingobium sp. THN1
Chromosome	126	23	43	29	63
Plasmid	8	6	0	0	35