Complete animal genomes searched for alternative oxidase (AOX) where no sequence was detected
| Phylum | Species | Common name and description |
|---|---|---|
| Nematoda | Brugia malayi | Parasitic filarial worm causes lymphatic filariasis and elephantiasis in humans |
| Caenorhabditis briggsae | Nematode worm model system | |
| Caenorhabditis elegans | Nematode worm model system | |
| Heterodera glycines | Soybean cyst nematode | |
| Pristionchus pacificus | Free-living nematode | |
| Trichinella spiralis | Nematode parasite causing trichnellosis (or trichinosis) in humans | |
| Arthropoda | Acyrthosiphon pisum | Pea aphid |
| Aedes aegypti | Mosquito vector for dengue and yellow fever | |
| Anopheles gambiae | African malaria mosquito | |
| Apis mellifera | Honeybee | |
| Bombyx mori | Domestic silkworm | |
| Culex quinquefasciatus | Southern house mosquito vector for Western Nile Virus | |
| Drosophila melanogaster | Fruit fly | |
| Ixodes scapularis | Black-legged tick | |
| Nasonia vitripennis | Parasitoid wasp | |
| Pediculus humanus corporis | Human body louse | |
| Tribolium castaneum | Red flour beetle | |
| Chordata | Bos taurus | Cow |
| Canis lupus familiaris | Dog | |
| Danio rerio | Zebrafish | |
| Equus caballus | Horse | |
| Felis catus | Cat | |
| Gallus gallus | Chicken | |
| Homo sapiens | Human | |
| Macaca mulatta | Rhesus macaque | |
| Monodelphis domestica | Opossum | |
| Mus musculus | Common mouse | |
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Duck-billed platypus | |
| Ovis aries | Sheep | |
| Pan troglodytes | Chimpanzee | |
| Rattus norvegicus | Rat | |
| Sus scrofa | Pig | |
| Taeniopygia guttata | Zebra finch | |
| Takifugu rubripes | Japanese pufferfish | |
| Xenopus tropicalis | Western clawed frog |