Table 1.
Nitrogenase-related genes | Number of species | |||||||
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Bacteria | Archaea | |||||||
nif | H | 3,291 | 329 | |||||
nif | D | 2,256 | 116 | |||||
nif | K | 2,237 | 130 | |||||
nif | E | 2,333 | 132 | |||||
nif | N | 1,873 | 83 | |||||
nif | B | 2,293 | 357 | |||||
nif | H | D | K | B | 169 | 15 | ||
nif | H | D | K | E | B | 53 | 13 | |
nif | H | D | K | E | N | B | 1,420 | 78 |
Containing at least one nif gene | 3,485 | 373 | ||||||
vnf G | 25 | 8 | ||||||
anf G | 101 | 6 |