Table 9

Distributions of proteins involved in environmental adaptation in P. zucineum and representative alphaproteobacteria with different living habitats

Species
S. meliloti
B. suis
C. crescentus
P. zucineum
R. conorii
G. oxydans

Genome size (Mb)
6.69
3.32
4.02
4.38
1.27
2.92
GC content (%)
62.2
57.3
67.2
71.1
32.4
60.8
Habitat
Multiple1
Facultative1
Aquatic1
Facultative2
Obligate1
Multiple3
ECF, extracytoplasmic function sigma factor (/Mb)
11 (1.6)
2 (0.6)
15 (3.7)
17 (3.9)
0 (0)
2 (0.7)
Transcriptional regulator (/Mb)
433 (64.7)
149(44.9)
183 (45.5)
170 (38.8)
11 (8.7)
89 (30.1)
Two-component signal transduction protein (/Mb)
113 (16.9)
44 (13.3)
111 (27.6)
102 (23.3)
7 (5.5)
41 (14.1)
molecular chaperone
23
12
14
33
8
14
Flagellar protein
41
37
42
43
10
40
Chemotaxis protein
42
4
48
41
0
11
Pilus protein
13
4
9
16
2
4
Sec-dependent secretion system
11
11
11
11
11
12
Sec-independent secretion system
4
4
4
4
3
4
Type II secretory protein
2
0
8
13
0
3
Type IV secretory protein
9
8
9
31
15
1

1The habitats of S. meliloti, B. suis, and R. conorii were indicated in a recent publication [42].

2According to our recent publication [1], P. zucineum was classified as "facultative". 3Given that G. oxydans is often isolated from sugary niches (such as flowers and fruits) and associated soil (such as garden soil and baker's soil) [43], we classified G. oxydans as "multiple".

Luo et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:386   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-386