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Table 2 Distribution of Ni/Co transporters in bacteria

From: Comparative genomic analyses of nickel, cobalt and vitamin B12 utilization

Phylum

Total organisms

CbiMNQO

/NikMNQO

/NikKMLQO

NikABCDE

NiCoT

UreH

HupE/UreJ

Other predicted Co transporters**

  

N*

C

U

N

C

U

N

C

U

N

C

U

N

C

U

 

Firmicutes/Lactobacillales

25

1

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Firmicutes/Mollicutes

17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Firmicutes/Bacillales

25

-

6

-

6

-

-

1

-

2

2

-

2

-

-

-

-

Firmicutes/Clostridia

38

8

20

15

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chlamydiae

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bacteroidetes

30

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

6

Chlorobi

9

7

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Actinobacteria

40

-

2

13

-

-

-

2

1

11

-

-

1

-

-

-

17

Spirochaetes

8

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Planctomycetes

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cyanobacteria

16

7

5

5

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

10

1

-

Chloroflexi

7

-

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Deinococcus-Thermus

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Thermotogae

6

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Aquificae

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Fusobacteria

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Lentisphaerae

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Verrucomicrobia

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Candidate division TM7

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acidobacteria

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

Deltaproteobacteria

23

12

7

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

6

Epsilonproteobacteria

17

4

-

3

3

-

-

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Alphaproteobacteria/Rickettsiales

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Alphaproteobacteria/Others

63

7

3

5

5

-

-

3

2

2

1

-

1

11

5

11

30

Alphaproteobacteria/Rhizobiaceae

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

4

Betaproteobacteria/Bordetella

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

Betaproteobacteria/Burkholderiaceae

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

9

10

-

-

-

5

-

-

5

Betaproteobacteria/Neisseriaceae

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Betaproteobacteria/Others

19

1

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

10

-

-

6

Gammaproteobacteria/Enterobacteriales

25

-

9

-

17

-

-

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gammaproteobacteria/Pasteurellaceae

8

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gammaproteobacteria/Vibrionaceae

12

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadaceae

8

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

-

6

Gammaproteobacteria/Xanthomonadaceae

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gammaproteobacteria/Others

62

1

3

1

4

-

-

1

-

-

1

1

1

20

-

7

4

Proteobacteria/Others

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

540

52

66

55

44

2

0

30

16

28

9

1

12

65

15

23

87

  1. *: N, number of organisms containing Ni-specific transporter; C, number of organisms containing Co-specific transporter; U, number of organisms containing transporters with unassigned function;
  2. **: Other predicted Co transporters include CbtAB, CbtC, CbtD, CbtE, CbtF, CbtG and CbtX.