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Table 1 Uptake and Metabolism of Sugars and Organic Acids in Gastric versus EHS Genomesa

From: Comparative genomics analysis to differentiate metabolic and virulence gene potential in gastric versus enterohepatic Helicobacter species

Metabolite

Uptake/Metabolism

C. jejuni

EHS 1

EHS 2

EHS 3

EHS 4

EHS 5

EHS 6

EHS 7

EHS 8

EHS 9

Gastric

Sugars

Glucose Transporter

0/1

1/12

0/11

0/2

0/3

0/11

0/5

0/6

0/4

1/8

10/13

Glycolysis (Glucose → Pyruvate)

0/1

0/12

0/11

0/2

0/3

0/11

0/5

0/6

0/4

0/8

0/13

Gluconeogenesis (Pyruvate → Glucose)

1/1

12/12

11/11

2/2

3/3

11/11

5/5

6/6

4/4

8/8

13/13

Entner-Doudoroff Pathway (Glucose→ Pyruvate)

0/1

1/12

0/11

0/2

0/3

0/11

0/5

0/6

0/4

1/8

11/13

Fucose → Pyruvate + Lactate

1/1

0/12

0/11

2/2

0/3

0/11

0/5

0/6

0/4

2/8

0/13

Organic Acids

Lactate → Pyruvate

1/1

11/12

11/11

2/2

3/3

11/11

5/5

6/6

4/4

8/8

13/13

Propionate → Pyruvate

1/1

2/12

10/11

2/2

1/3

10/11

2/5

4/6

0/4

3/8

3/13

Citrate Transporter

1/1

3/12

0/11

0/2

1/3

2/11

1/5

0/6

0/4

0/8

4/13

Alpha-Ketoglutarate Transporter

1/1

2/12

10/11

2/2

0/3

2/11

1/5

2/6

0/4

6/8

12/13

C4-Dicarboxylate Transporter (e.g., Succinate, Fumarate, Malate, Aspartate)

1/1

12/12

11/11

2/2

2/3

11/11

2/5

6/6

4/4

6/8

13/13

  1. aNumber of genomes positive for uptake/metabolism per clade