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Table 7. Number of genes associated with the general SEED functional categories

From: Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes from the L4 long-term coastal monitoring station in the Western English Channel

Subsystem Hierarchy 1

Jan 3pm

Jan 7pm

April 4pm

April 10pm

Aug 27 4pm

Aug 27 10pm

Aug 28 4am

Aug 28 10am

Amino Acids and Derivatives

13,515

12,346

13,913

12,089

13,279

12,517

11,966

12,074

Carbohydrates

14,181

13,087

14,884

13,829

14,801

13,929

13,258

13,780

Cell Division and Cell Cycle

2,136

2,026

2,286

2,243

2,243

2,231

2,175

2,234

Cell Wall and Capsule

5,632

5,363

5,336

6,051

5,553

5,674

6,079

6,347

Clustering-based subsystems

18,051

17,585

19,425

19,647

19,055

19,441

20,434

19,860

Cofactors, Vitamins, Prosthetic Groups, Pigments

8,497

7,675

8,188

8,606

8,142

8,227

8,582

8,001

DNA Metabolism

5,461

5,331

5,191

5,559

5,321

5,717

5,824

5,855

Fatty Acids and Lipids

2,165

1,919

1,883

1,891

1,955

2,025

1,960

1,934

Macromolecular Synthesis

148

147

287

163

213

151

136

109

Membrane Transport

2,764

2,322

2,839

2,375

2,606

2,507

2,234

2,234

Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds

1,817

1,357

1,473

1,527

1,632

1,409

1,629

1,489

Miscellaneous

381

367

448

423

417

446

454

393

Motility and Chemotaxis

1,034

994

879

1,227

977

1,203

1,311

1,348

Nitrogen Metabolism

668

688

587

574

747

718

628

660

Nucleosides and Nucleotides

5,152

4,820

4,701

4,578

4,836

4,752

4,639

4,706

Phosphorus Metabolism

1,796

1,706

1,747

1,926

1,832

1,958

2,085

1,879

Photosynthesis

212

4,373

160

1,489

127

197

270

203

Potassium metabolism

648

591

586

631

620

755

838

817

Protein Metabolism

11,912

11,717

11,254

11,534

11,473

11,597

11,210

11,715

RNA Metabolism

5,133

4,889

4,660

4,813

4,811

4,744

5,068

4,981

Regulation and Cell signaling

1,196

1,127

1,400

966

1,356

1,360

1,076

1,056

Respiration

5,298

8,480

5,455

5,570

5,432

5,579

4,926

4,994

Secondary Metabolism

116

124

63

87

93

83

86

83

Stress Response

2,497

2,133

2,338

2,419

2,306

2,524

2,508

2,605

Sulfur Metabolism

1,604

1,354

1,673

1,430

1,446

1,240

1,320

1,317

Unclassified

6,235

5,677

6,567

5,763

6,672

6,019

5,555

5,794

Virulence

4,686

4,733

4,711

5,521

4,989

5,929

6,684

6,467