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Table 3 Species distribution of Eubacterial validated orphans

From: A survey of orphan enzyme activities

Species

No. of Orphans

Species

No. of Orphans

Acinetobacter NCIB 9871

1

Pasteurella tuberculosis

2

Actinoplanes missouriensis

1

Pedobacter heparinus

1

Aerom onas sp.

1

Propionibacterium pentosaceum

1

Alcaligenes eutrophus

1

Proteus mirabilis

1

Alcaligenes faecalis

1

Pseudomonas (species undefined)

2

Arthrobacter GJM -1

1

Pseudomonas fluorescens

3

Arthrobacter oxydans

1

Pseudomonas graveolens

1

Arthrobacter sp.

2

Pseudomonas MS

1

Azotobacter vinelandii

1

Pseudomonas MSU-1

1

Bacillus subtilis

1

Pseudomonas P-2

2

Cellulom onas sp.

1

Pseudomonas putida

7

Clostridium cylindrosporum

1

Pseudomonas putida P2

1

Clostridium kluyveri

2

Pseudomonas saccharophilia

2

Clostridium pasteurianum

1

Pseudomonas sp.

4

Clostridium SB4

1

Pseudomonas sp. P-501

1

Clostridium sporogenes

2

Pseudomonas syringae GG

1

Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum

1

Pseudomonas testosteroni

1

Escherichia coli

8

Rhodococcus

1

Flavobacterium

1

Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides

1

Flavobacterium sp.

1

Salmonella typhimurium

1

Klebsiella aerogenes

1

Streptococcus faecalis

1

Micrococcus denitrificans

1

Streptococcus mutans

1

Microorganism

2

Streptomyces virginiae

1

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1

Thiobacillus thioparus

1

Nocardia (species undefined)

1

Unknown

2

  1. The total number of orphans is greater than the number of activities because a given activity may be present in more than one species. The exact species of some orphans can be unclear or unstated, in which case these are classified under a generic term ("species undefined", "unknown", etc). The total number of orphans is greater than the number of activities because a given activity may be present in more than one species. The exact species of some orphans can be unclear or unstated, in which case these are classified under a generic term ("species undefined", "unknown", etc).