
PCA of amino acid composition in archaeal proteomes. (A) Component scores for organisms; (B) component loadings for amino acids. af, Archaeoglobus fulgidus; ap, Aeropyrum pernix; fa, Ferroplasma acidarmanus; halo, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1; ma, Methanosarcina acetivorans; mbar, Methanosarcina barkeri; mbur, Methanococcoides burtonii; mf, Methanogenium frigidum; mj, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii; mk, Methanopyrus kandleri; mm, Methanosarcina mazei; mmar, Methanococcus maripaludis; mt, Methanobacter thermautotrophicus; pa, Pyrobaculum aerophilum; pab, Pyrococcus abyssi; pf, Pyrococcus furiosus; ph, Pyrococcus horikoshii; ss, Sulfolobus solfataricus; st, Sulfolobus tokodaii; ta, Thermoplasma acidophilum; tv, Thermoplasma volcanium.











