Metagenomic analysis of intertidal hypersaline microbial mats from Elkhorn Slough, California, grown with and without molybdate

Table 9 Functional diversity

COG Category	CD2A	CD6A	MD2A	MD6A
Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis	9405	5221	12,469	11,311
RNA processing and modification	74	26	206	39
Transcription	9669	5290	12,476	10,739
Replication, recombination and repair	11,830	6833	14,356	12,322
Chromatin structure and dynamics	107	62	179	101
Cell cycle control, Cell division, chromosome partitioning	1782	988	2408	1907
Nuclear structure	0	1	4	0
Defense mechanisms	3970	2122	4878	4433
Signal transduction mechanisms	13,275	7589	16,709	13,770
Cell wall/membrane biogenesis	11,461	6586	15,115	13,860
Cell motility	3020	1469	3728	2589
Cytoskeleton	48	12	80	27
Extracellular structures	0	0	2	0
Intracellular trafficking and secretion	4536	2401	6057	4509
Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones	7137	3962	9349	7808
Energy production and conversion	11,737	6252	15,089	12,719
Carbohydrate transport and metabolism	8698	4741	11,199	9685
Amino acid transport and metabolism	14,099	7254	17,462	15,088
Nucleotide transport and metabolism	3830	2069	5089	4469
Coenzyme transport and metabolism	7489	4104	9368	8213
Lipid transport and metabolism	5603	2666	7504	6460
Inorganic ion transport and metabolism	8887	4635	11,353	10,081
Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism	4011	2040	4818	4185
General function prediction only	20,092	11,257	26,360	22,338
Function unknown	13,560	7933	18,351	15,032
Not in COGs	198,182	120,123	200,096	216,266

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