From: Lateral gene transfer and parallel evolution in the history of glutathione biosynthesis genes
Group 1 | Â | Group 2 | Â | Group 3 | Â |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primarily gamma-proteobacteria | Â | Eukaryotes (except plants) | Â | Primarily alpha-proteobacteria and plants* | Â |
Escherichia coli | Gamma-proteo-bacteria | Homo sapiens | Mammals | Mesorhizobium loti | Alpha-proteo-bacteria |
Salmonella typhimurium | Â | Mus musculus | Â | Sinorhizobium meliloti | Â |
Vibrio cholerae | Â | Rattus norvegicus | Â | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Â |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Â | Â | Â | Caulobacter crescentus | Â |
Proteus mirabilis | Â | Â | Â | Zymomonas mobilis | Â |
Pasteurella multocida | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Buchnera sp. APS | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(Clostridium acetobutylicum) | Low-GC Gram-positive | Onchocerca volvulus | Nematode | Arabidopsis thaliana | Plants |
 |  | Caenorhabditis elegans |  | Pisum sativum |  |
 |  |  |  | Picea abies |  |
 |  |  |  | Glycine max |  |
 |  |  |  | Lycopersicon esculentum |  |
 |  | Drosophila melanogaster | Fly | Xylella fastidiosa | Gamma-proteo-bacterium |
 |  | Schizosaccharomyces pombe | Fungi | (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) | High-GC Gram-positive |
 |  | Candida albicans |  | (Streptomyces coelicolor) |  |
 |  | Saccharomyces cerevisiae |  |  |  |
 |  | Plasmodium falciparum | Apicom plexa | (Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4) | Low-GC Gram-positive |
 |  | Leishmania tarentolae | Kineto plastids | Halobacterium sp. | Archaeon |
 |  | Trypanosoma cruzi |  | NRC-1 |  |