|
Table 3. Nucleotide metabolism in intracellular and epicellular bacteria
with small genomes
Bacterium
|
Purine and
Pyrimidine
Salvage |
Purine and
Pyrimidine
de novo synthesis |
Thymidylate
kinase
|
Thymidylate
synthetase
|
Reference
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| C. trachomatis |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Stephens et al., 1998 |
| C. muridarum |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Read et al., 2000 |
| C. pneumoniae |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Read et al., 2000 |
| R. prowazekii |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
Andersson et al.,
1998 |
| R. conorii |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
Ogata et al., 2001 |
| M. genitalium |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
Fraser et al., 1995 |
| M. pneumoniae |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
Himmelreich et al.,
1996 |
| U. urealyticum |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
Glass et al., 2000 |
| H. pylori |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
Tomb et al., 1997 |
| T. pallidum |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
Fraser et al., 1998 |
| B. burgdorferi |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
Fraser et al., 1997 |
|
