| Free-Living | Plant-parasitic | Animal-parasitic | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | (227 families) | (82 families) | (53 families) | (Exact test) |
Electron transport | 1.30% | 6.00% | 0% | 0.04 |
Signal transduction | 9.30% | 8.50% | 3.80% | 0.51 |
Carbohydrate metabolism | 3.50% | 8.50% | 3.80% | 0.21 |
Lipid, fatty acid, and steroid metabolism | 6.60% | 15.90% | 5.60% | 0.04 |
Proteolysis | 7.00% | 10.00% | 3.80% | 0.46 |
Protein modification | 7.50% | 8.50% | 7.60% | 0.96 |
Nucleoside, nucleotide, and nucleic acid metabolism | 28.20% | 28.00% | 34.00% | 0.58 |
Intercellular protein traffic | 8.80% | 6% | 3.80% | 0.48 |
Cell cycle | 11% | 8.50% | 17.00% | 0.31 |
Transport | 4.40% | 4.80% | 3.80% | 1.00 |