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Table 3 Biological information about the bacterial species present in Figure 3.

From: Molecular evolution and the role of oxidative stress in the expansion and functional diversification of cytosolic glutathione transferases

Abbreviation

Taxonomic information

Description

Cwat

Crocosphaera watsonii

Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Chroococcales; Crocosphaera

Crocosphaera watsonii is a diazotroph that contributes to the global cycling of nitrogen and carbon through the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen and photosynthesis

Rpal

Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Bradyrhizobiaceae; Rhodopseudomonas

Rhodopseudomonas bacteria are purple nonsulfur phototrophic organisms that can be found many types of marine environments and soils. It converts sunlight into energy and converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass. R. palustris can degrade and recycle several aromatic compounds that make up lignin, which makes it useful in removing this type of waste from the environment. In addition, R. palustris converts N2 into NH4 and H2 (used as a biofuel)

Rhiz

Rhizobium sp. NGR234

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobium/Agrobacterium group; Rhizobium.

Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 is a unique alphaproteobacterium (order Rhizobiales) that forms nitrogen-fixing nodules with more legumes than any other microsymbiont.

Mnod

Methylobacterium nodulans

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Methylobacteriaceae; Methylobacterium.

Aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Pstu

Providencia stuartii

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae

Gram negative bacterium that is commonly found in soil, water, and sewage. It is an opportunistic pathogen seen in patients with severe burns or long-term indwelling urinary catheters. In animals P. stuartii infections can cause neonatal diarrhea due to P stuartii infection in dairy cows.

Zeta_Hche

Hahella chejuensis

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Oceanospirillales; Hahellaceae; Hahella

Marine bacteria that produces an algicidal agent (capable of killing phytoplankton, marine eukaryotic microalgae). Suggested as useful for managing algal blooms.

Vshi

Vibrio shilonii

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Vibrionales; Vibrionaceae; Vibrio

Vibrio shilonii was isolated from the coral Oculina patagonica in the Mediterranean Sea. This organism cause bleaching (loss of the coral endosymbiotic zooxanthellae). This disease only occurs at elevated seawater temperatures.

Scel

Sorangium cellulosum

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Myxococcales; Sorangiineae; Polyangiaceae; Sorangium

Soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacteria of the group myxobacteria. It plays an important role in soil ecology by its ability to degrade cellulosic materials.

Mxan

Myxococcus xanthus

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Myxococcales; Cystobacterineae; Myxococcaceae; Myxococcus

Found almost ubiquitously in soil, consists of thin rod shaped, gram-negative cells that exhibit self-organizing behavior as a response to environmental cues. Starving bacteria can self-organize to form dome shaped structures (swarms) of approximately 100,000 cells that, over the course of several days, differentiate into metabolically quiescent and environmentally resistant myxospores.