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Table 2 Subsystems statistically more likely to be present in either the Red or Black samples. These subsystems are more frequently found among sequences from either the Red or Black samples with a sample size of 5,000 proteins, 20,000 repeated samples, and P < 0.05.

From: Using pyrosequencing to shed light on deep mine microbial ecology

Red Sample (Oxidized, pH4.37, E h -8)

Black Sample (Reduced, pH 6.70, E h -142)

Amino Acids and Derivatives

Arginine biosynthesis

Urea decomposition

Tryptophan synthesis

Chorismate synthesis

Asp-Glu-tRNA(Asn-Gln) transamidation

Branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis

Histidine biosynthesis

Isoleucine degradation

 

Leucine biosynthesis

 

Leucine degradation and HMG-CoA metabolism

 

Valine degradation

 

Methionine salvage

Carbohydrates

 

Glyoxylate synthesis

Cell Division and Cell Cycle

Cytoskeleton

 

Cell Wall and Capsule

 

N-linked glycosylation in Bacteria

 

Teichoic acid biosynthesis

Cofactors, Vitamins, Prosthetic Groups, Pigments

Folate biosynthesis

Coenzyme A biosynthesis in pathogens

Methylglyoxal metabolism

Molybdopterin biosynthesis

Pyruvate metabolism I: anaplerotic rx, PEP

Carotenoids

Ubiquinone biosynthesis

Polyisoprenoid biosynthesis

Ubiquinone menaquinone-cytochrome c reductase

NAD and NADP cofactor biosynthesis global

Riboflavin metabolism

Coenzyme PQQ synthesis

 

Pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthesis

 

Siderophore enterobactin biosynthesis

 

Siderophore enterobactin biosynthesis and ferric enterobactin transport

 

Thiamin biosynthesis

DNA metabolism

DNA repair, bacterial

 

Fatty Acids and Lipids

Fatty acid metabolism

Glycerolipid and glycerphospholipid metabolism

Fatty acid oxidation pathway

 

Membrane Transport

ABC transporter maltose

ABC transporter ferrichrome

 

ABC transporter heme

 

CbiQO-type ABC transporter systems

 

Sodium hydrogen antiporter

Metabolism of aromatic compounds

Phenylacetate pathway of aromatic compound degradation

Homogentisate pathway of aromatic compound degradation

Motility and Chemotaxis

Bacterial chemotaxis

 

Flagellum

 

Nitrogen Metabolism

 

Denitrification

Nucleosides and Nucleotides

De novo purine biosynthesis

 

Ribonucleotide reduction

 

Protein Metabolism

Ribosome LSU bacterial

Phenylpropionate degradation

Ribosome SSU bacterial

 

Translation factors bacterial

 

Universal GTPases

 

Protein degradation

 

Respiration

F0F1-type ATP synthase

NiFe hydrogenase maturation

Terminal cytochrome C oxidases

 

Hydrogenases

 

Membrane-bound Ni, Fe-hydrogenase

 

Na(+)-translocating NADH-quinone oxidoreductase and rnf-like group of electron transport complexes

 

Respiratory complex I

 

Respiratory dehydrogenases 1

 

RNA metabolism

Polyadenylation bacterial

 

RNA polymerase bacterial

 

tRNA aminoacylation

 

Stress response

Glutathione redox metabolism

 

ppGpp biosynthesis

 

Sulfur Metabolism

Sulfate assimilation

 

Virulence

Resistance to fluoroquinolones

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