Figure 2

The total number of encoded signal transducers proteins grows with genome size. A. Distribution of signal transduction proteins among free-living bacteria and archaea (squares) and obligate pathogens (closed squares). Organisms with other status (symbionts and other commensals) are indicated by triangles. The best-fit line represents data from all species. B. Distribution of signal transduction proteins among organisms of different phylogenetic lineages. The symbols indicate members of the following phyla: Actinobacteria, black circles; Cyanobacteria, open circles (light blue); Alpha-proteobacteria, closed diamonds (dark brown); Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilon-proteobacteria, open diamonds (yellow); Gamma-proteobacteria, closed squares (dark blue); Firmicutes, open squares (magenta); members of other bacterial phyla (Aquificales, Bacteroidetes, Chlamydiae, Deinococcus-Thermus, Planctomycetes, Spirochetes, Thermotoga), closed triangles (red); Archaea, open triangles (yellow).