A census of membrane-bound and intracellular signal transduction proteins in bacteria: Bacterial IQ, extroverts and introverts

Table 1 Bacteria with the highest adaptability index ("highest IQ")

Organism	Phylum^a	Signal transducers	Genome size, kb	IQ
Wolinella succinogenes	Epsilon	99	2,110	230
Geobacter sulfurreducens	Delta	165	3,814	166
Idiomarina loihiensis	Gamma	80	2,839	153
Desulfovibrio vulgaris	Delta	135	3,773	151
Vibrio cholerae	Gamma	152	4,033	150
Thermotoga maritima	Other	34	1,861	145
Borrelia garinii	Spiro	13	987	143
Vibrio vulnificus	Gamma	200	5,127	136
Chromobacterium violaceum	Beta	160	4,751	131
Thermosynechococcus elongatus	Cyano	51	2,594	131

^a – Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon indicate the corresponding subdivisions of Proteobacteria; Cyano indicates cyanobacteria; Spiro indicates Spirochetes.

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