Global genome analysis of the shikimic acid pathway reveals greater gene loss in host-associated than in free-living bacteria

Table 3 The presence or absence of a complete shikimic acid pathway deduced from enzymes detected by HMM analysis in the predicted proteomes of 488 Bacteria.

	Total	Complete pathway	Incomplete pathway	% incomplete
Culturable	250	181	69	28
Non-culturable	45	23	22	49
Total	295	204	91	31

All bacteria are reported in the literature as host-associated (pathogenic, commensal or mutualistic). Species that are reported to yield to laboratory culture ex hospite were classed as culturable.

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