Phylogenetic analysis of erythritol catabolic loci within theRhizobiales and Proteobacteria

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Content of putative erythritol loci

Genome	Homologs involved in erythritol, adonitol and/orL-arabitol catabolism
	EryA	EryB	EryD	EryC	EryG	EryR	TpiB	MptA	LalA	RbtA	RbtB	RbtC
Sinorhizobium meliloti	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sinorhizobium medicae	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sinorhizobium fredii	+	+	+	+	-	++	++	+	+	+	+	+
Mesorhizobium opportunism	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mesorhizobium loti	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	++	+	+	+
Mesorhizobium ciceri bv. biserrulae	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+
Roseobacter denitrificans	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Roseobacter litoralis	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Agrobacterium radiobacter	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Ochrobacterum anthropi	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Brucella suis 1330	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Brucella melitensis 16M	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Escherichia fergusonii	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradyrhizobium sp. BTAi1	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS278	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Acidiphilium multivorum	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Acidiphilium cryptum	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Verminephrobacter eiseniae	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+

+ indicates presence of homolog in the genome, - indicates absence ofhomolog in the genome, ++ indicates presence of 2 homologs ingenome.

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