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Table 1 Distribution of peptidoglycan metabolism genes among all of the domains of life and among 21 bacteria phyla

From: Peptidoglycan: a post-genomic analysis

 

Bacteria phyla

GT28

GT51

GH23

GH25

GH73

GH102

GH103

GH104

Complete set

Archae (n=101)

 

4 (3.9%)

0

0

1 (0.9%)

1 (1%)

0

0

0

0

Viruses (n=103)

 

0

0

2 (1.9%)

1 (0.9%)

0

0

0

0

0

Eukaryotes (n=42)

 

5 (11.9%)

2 (4.7%)

3 (7.1%)

5 (11.9%)

0

0

1 (2.4%)

0

1(2.4%)

Bacteria (n=1398)

 

1342 (96%)

1284 (91.8%)

1224 (87.5%)

419 (30%)

707 (51%)

467 (33%)

528 (37.7%)

95 (7%)

1260 (90.1%)

 

Actinobacteria (n=136)

134 (99%)

135 (99%)

130 (95.6%)

77 (56.6%)

8 (6%)

0

0

0

133 (97.8%)

Aquificae (n=9)

9 (100%)

9 (100%)

9 (100%)

0

3 (33%)

0

0

0

9 (100%)

Bacteroides-Chlorobi (n=59)

58 (98%)

59 (100%)

53 (90%)

25 (42.4%)

40 (68%)

0

0

0

57 (98%)

Chlamydia (n=27)

27 (100%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Chloroflexi (n=14)

9 (64%)

9 (64%)

9 (64%)

1 (7.1%)

0

0

0

0

9 (64%)

Cyanobacteria (n=42)

42 (100%)

40 (95%)

32 (76%)

2 (4.7%)

7 (17%)

19 (45%)

0

23 (55%)

32 (76%)

Deferribacteres (n=3)

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

0

0

0

3 (100%)

0

3 (100%)

Deinococcus-Thermus (n=13)

13 (100%)

13 (100%)

10 (77%)

0

0

0

0

0

10 (77%)

Dictyoglomi (n=2)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Elusimicrobia (n=2)

2 (50%)

2 (100%)

1 (50%)

0

0

0

0

0

1 (50%)

Fibrobacteres-Acidobacteria (n=7)

6 (86%)

6 (86%)

7 (100%)

0

2 (29%)

0

0

0

6 (86%)

Firmicutes (n=318)

315 (99%)

314 (99%)

264 (83%)

189 (59.4%)

256 (81%)

0

0

0

309 (97.2%)

Fusobacteria (n=5)

5 (100%)

5 (100%)

3 (60%)

3 (60%)

2 (40%)

0

0

0

5 (100%)

Nitrospirae (n=2)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

0

0

0

0

0

2 (100%)

Planctomycetes (n=6)

3 (50%)

0

0

0

0

1 (17%)

0

0

0

Proteobacteria (n=673)

664 (99%)

644 (96%)

658 (98%)

121 (18%)

370 (55%)

442 (66%)

524 (78%)

72 (11%)

644 (96%)

Spirochaetes (n=27)

27 (100%)

26 (96%)

26 (96%)

1 (3.7%)

11 (41%)

4 (15%)

0

0

26 (96%)

Synergistetes (n=3)

3 (100%)

2 (67%)

3 (100%)

0

0

0

0

0

2 (67%)

Tenericutes (n=32)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Thermotogae (n=11)

11 (100%)

10 (91%)

10 (91%)

0

8 (73%)

0

0

0

10 (91%)

Verrucomicrobia (n=4)

4 (100%)

1 (25%)

2 (50%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Unclassified (n=3)

3 (100%)

2 (67%)

2 (67%)

0

0

1 (33%)

1 (33%)

0

2 (67%)

  1. The corresponding percentage of the genome explored is indicated in parentheses.