Table 1 Classification of organisms by phenotypic traits
From: Variation in global codon usage bias among prokaryotic organisms is associated with their lifestyles
Environmental property | Number of prokaryotes |
|---|---|
Pathogenicity | Â |
   Pathogenic | 138 |
   Non-pathogenic | 263 |
   Total | 401 |
Oxygen requirement | Â |
   Aerobic | 142 |
   Anaerobic | 135 |
   Facultative | 150 |
   Microaerophilic | 12 |
   Total | 439 |
Salinity | Â |
   Extreme halophilic | 7 |
   Mesophilic | 19 |
   Moderate halophilic | 20 |
   Non-halophilic | 58 |
   Total | 104 |
Temperature range | Â |
   Hyperthermophilic | 35 |
   Mesophilic | 361 |
   Psychrophilic | 12 |
   Thermophilic | 51 |
   Total | 459 |
Habitat | Â |
   Multiple | 127 |
   Specialized | 81 |
   Total | 208 |