Description and relative expression values from microarray experiments of C. phytofermentans genes predicted to participate in the uptake and conversion of fucose and rhamnose to fuculose- and rhamnulose- phosphate, respectively.

a All percent similarity values were derived from pairwise global alignments of protein sequences generated using the algorithm of Needleman and Wunsch [45]. n.d. indicates that significant amino acid similarity with the functional equivalent (>35%) was not detected. n.i. indicates that a characterized functional equivalent was not identified. References for characterized functional equivalents are as follows: E. coli fucose mutarotase FucU [48], B. thetaitaomicron fuculose kinase [49], Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus fucose isomerase [50], E. coli fucose transporter [39] and rhamnose dissimilation enzymes [41], [51] and R. leguminosarum rhamnose transporter [40].