Table 2

Key to organism acronyms

Organism
Abbreviation
in Paper
Abbreviation
on websiteb

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270
Aferr

Acinetobacter sp. ADP1
ACIN

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans HK1651
Aact

Actinomyces naeslundii MG1
Anae

Actinoplanes teichomyceticus
Atei

Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58
Atum

Amycolatopsis balhimycina
Abal

Amycolatopsis orientalis
Aori

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
ANAB

Arabidopsis thaliana
Atha

Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304
Aful
Aful_1
Azotobacter vinelandii
Avin
Avin_1
Bacillis anthracis str. A2012
Bant

Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579
Bcer

Bacillus halodurans C-125
Bhal
Bhal_2
Bacillus stearothermophilus
Bste

Bacillis subtilis
Bsub

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
Bthu

Bifidobacterium longum NCC2705
Blon
Blon_1
Blochmannia floridanus
Bflo

Bordetella bronchisepticus
Bbro

Burkholderia cepacia J2315
Bcep

Burkholderia fungorum LB400
Bfun

Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344
Bmal

Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243
Bpse
Bpse_6
Campylobacter jejuni
Cjej

Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472
Cvio

Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC 13129
Cdip

Corynebacterium efficiens YS-314
Ceff

Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032
Cglu
Cglu_1
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20
Ddes

Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris strain Hildenborough
Dvul

Desulfuromonas acetoxidans
Dace
Dace_5
Enterococcus faecalis V583
Efae_2

Enterococcus faecium
Efae_1
Efae_1
Erwinia carotovoa subsp.atroseptica SCRI1043
Ecar

Escherichia coli K12
Ecol

Geobacter metallireducens GS-15
Gmet

Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA
Gsul

Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421
Gvio

Haemophilus influenzae Rd KW20
Hinf

Helicobacter hepaticus ATCC 51449
Hhep

Helicobacter pylori 26695
Hpyl

Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae MGH 78578
Kpne

Leifsonia xyli subsp. Xyli strain CTCB07
Lxyl

Listeria innocua Clip 11262
Linn

Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e
Lmon

Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus
Lcor
Lcor_3
Lycopersicon esculentum
Lesc

Methanococcus jannaschii
Mjan

Methanopyrus kandleri AV19
Mkan
Mkan_1
Methanosarcina barkeri strain Fusaro
Mbar

Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus strain Delta H
Mthe
Mthe_7
Microbulbifer degradans 2–40
Mdeg

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis strain k10
Mavi

Mycobacterium bovis TrEMBL
Mbov
Mbov_2
Mycobacterium leprae TN
Mlep

Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551
Mtub

Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622
Mxan

Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA 1090
Ngon

Nitrosomonas europaea ATCC 19718
Neur

Nocardia farcinica IFM 10152
Nfar

Nonomuraea sp.
NONO

Nostoc punctiforme PCC73102
Npun
Npun_1
Novosphingomonas aromaticivorans DSM 12444
Naro

Oceanobacillus iheyensis THE831
Oihe

Oryza sativa ssp. japonica
Osat

Pantoea agglomerans
Pagg

Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida strain Pm70
Pmul

Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TT01
Plum

Prochlorococcus marinus subsp. pastoris strain CCMP1378
Pmar_1
Pmar_3
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT9313
Pmar_2
Pmar_10
Propionibacterium acnes KPA171202
Pacn

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Paer
Paer_1
Pseudomonas fluorescens PfO-1
Pflu

Pseudomonas putida KT2440
Pput

Pseudomonas stutzeri
Pstu

Ralstonia eutropha JMP134
Reut

Ralstonia solanacearum GMI1000
Rsol

Rhodobacter capsulatus
Rcap

Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1
Rsph

Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009
Rpal

Rhodospirillum rubrum
Rrub
Rrub_1
Rubrobacter xylanophilus DSM 9941
Rxyl

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Scer

Salmonella typhimurium LT2
Styp
Styp_1
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Spom

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Sone

Shewanella putrifacians
Spu

Staphylococcus aureus subsp. Aureus MW2
Saur
Saur_2
Streptococcus gordonii str. Challis
Sgor

Streptococcus pneumoniae R6
Spne

Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680
Save

Streptomyces caeruleus
Scae
Scae_2
Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
Scoe
Scoe_1
Streptomyces lavendulae
Slav

Streptomyces pristinaespiralis
Spri

Streptomyces roseochromogenes subsp. Oscitans
Sros
Sros_1
Streptomyces toyocaensis strain 7
Stoy

Sulfolobus solfataricus P2
Ssol

Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7
Stok

Synechococcus sp. WH8102
SYNE_1
SYNE_1
Synechococcus sp. PCC7002
SYNE_2

Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
SYNE_3
SYNE_3
Thermobifida fusca
Tfus

Thermosynechococcus elongates BP-1
Telo

Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101
Tery

Tropheryma whipplei TW08/27
Twhi

Vibrio cholerae O1 biovar eltor strain N16961
Vcho

Vibrio parahaemolyticus RIMD 2210633
Vpar

Wolinella succinogenes DSM 1740
Wsu

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris strain ATCC 33913
Xcam

Xylella fastidiosa 9a5c
Xfas

Yersinia enterocolitica (type 0:8)
Yent

Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis ZM4
Zmob


aThe system of acronym usage is: the first letter (capital) is the first letter of the genus followed by the first three letters (lower-case) of the species. If there is no species designation the first four letters of the genus are used (all in capitals). Redundant 4-letter acronyms are distinguished by unique following numbers. See [74] for a comprehensive listing with hyperlinks to the Taxonomy database records and the GenBank records at NCBI.

Song et al. BMC Biology 2005 3:13   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-3-13