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Table 2 Combinations of the three RNase H genes found in the archaeal and bacterial genomes.

From: Evolution of ribonuclease H genes in prokaryotes to avoid inheritance of redundant genes

Kingdom

Subdivision

No. of species

Classification of RNase H combination

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Archaea

Crenarchaeota

5

0

3

0

0

0

2

0

 

Euryarchaeota

21

0

6

1

0

0

14

0

 

Nanoarchaeota

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

 

Total

27

0

9

1

0

0

17

0

Bacteria

Acidobacteria

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

Actinobacteria

20

0

18

1

0

1

0

0

 

Aquificae

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

 

Bacteroidetes

4

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

 

Chlamydiae

7

0

0

7

0

0

0

0

 

Chlorobi

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

 

Chloroflexi

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

 

Cyanobacteria

8

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

 

Deinococcus-Thermus

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

 

Firmicutes

49

15

18

7

0

0

0

9

 

Fusobacteria

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

Planctomycetes

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

 

Alphaproteobacteria

38

0

38

0

0

0

0

0

 

Betaproteobacteria

23

0

23

0

0

0

0

0

 

Deltaproteobacteria

11

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

 

Epsilonproteobacteria

5

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

 

Gammaproteobacteria

52

0

49

0

0

3

0

0

 

Spirochaetes

5

0

4

0

0

1

0

0

 

Thermotogae

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total

235

15

189

16

0

6

0

9

  1. All species were classified on the basis of the RNase H combinations shown in the Venn diagram in Figure 1.