Research Article

Studying the Relationship between Robustness against Mutations in Metabolic Networks and Lifestyle of Organisms

Table 1

List of species used in the present work.

Species nameSpecific growth conditionsMetabolic network IDNumber of reactionsNetwork reference

EukaryotesSaccharomyces  cerevisiae N/AiIN8001292[12]
Aspergillus nidulans N/AiHD666711[13]
Arabidopsis thaliana N/AAraGEM672[14]

“Free-living” prokaryotesLactococcus lactis N/A671[15]
Vibrio vulnificus N/AVvuMBEL943642[16]
Escherichia coli N/AiAF12602167[17]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Human pathogeniNJ661m800[18]
Methanosarcina barkeri Diverse anaerobic conditionsiAF692538[19]
Staphylococcus aureus Human pathogeniSB619583[20]

Prokaryotes with highly specific growth conditionsHelicobacter pylori Extremely acidic conditions [21]iIT341501[22]
Thermotoga maritima Extremely thermophilic conditions [23]547[24]
Mycoplasma genitalium Intracellular conditions [25]iPS18946[26]
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Intracellular conditions [27]iJW145300[28]
Clostridium  beijerinckii Strictly anaerobic conditions [29]iCB925501[30]