Table 1.

Putative genes coding for cell wall modifying enzymes in Radopholus similis (Rs), compared with those in Aphelenchoides besseyi (Ab), A. ritzemabosi (Ar), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Bx), Globodera pallida (Gp), Meloidogyne incognita (Mi) and Pratylenchus coffeae (Pc).

Family	GH5	GH45	GH16	GH30	GH43	GH53	GH28	PL3	EXPN	Total
Rs	52	0	5	8	2	2	1	5	11	86
Pc	19	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	13	38
Mi	21	0	2	6	2	0	2	30	20	81
Gp	16	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	9	35
Bx	0	11	6	0	0	0	0	15	8	40
Ab	0	4	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
Ar	4	7	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	28

GH, glycoside hydrolases; PL, polysaccharide lyases; EXPN, expansin-like proteins. The data of other nematodes come from previously reports^{10–12,15–17}.