Journal: Journal of Bacteriology

Article Title: Genome Sequences of the Biotechnologically Important Bacillus megaterium Strains QM B1551 and DSM319 ^▿ †

doi: 10.1128/JB.00449-11

Figure Lengend Snippet: Genomic properties of B. megaterium compared to related species

Article Snippet: Circles (numbered 1 to 13, from outer to inner circle): circles 1 and 2, predicted open reading frames encoded on the QM B1551 plus (circle 1, blue) and minus (circle 2, red) strands; circle 3, predominant genes in conserved Bacillus region, showing tRNAs (brown), rRNA clusters (black), and sporulation and germination (dark green); circle 4, GC skew; circle 5, chromosomal regions of interest, including gas vesicle operons I and II (gvp; magenta), vitamin B 12 operons I and II (B12; brown), flagellar operons (fla; aqua), RecA genes (rec; black), arsenate resistance operons (ars; green), β-galactosidase genes (lac; orange), ethanolamine utiliazation (eut; brown), histidine biosynthesis (his; gray), and competence operons CEFG (com; purple); circles 6 and 7, comparative analysis of the QM B1551 chromosome identities (circle 6) and proteome (circle 7) to DSM319; circles 8 and 9, nonrandom distribution of genomic islands and islets in QM B1551 (circle 8) and DSM319 (circle 9); circles 10 and 11, chromosomal genes with QM B1551 plasmid-borne orthologs in QM B1551 (circle 10) and DSM319 (circle 11); circle 12, chi-square values to show GC deviations; circle 13, region of conserved synteny (red) neighboring the ori identified by the comparative study of genome architectures in related Bacilli (see Fig. S4 in the supplemental material), with the remainder of the genome colored green. table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 Table 1. caption a7 Species Strain Genome size (Mbp) % GC No. of protein-coding genes No. of tRNAs No. of rRNA operons Median BSR w/QM B1551 B. megaterium QM B1551 5.1 38.2 5,130, plus 499 on plasmids 120, plus 19 on plasmids 11, plus 1 on pBM400 1.00 B. megaterium DSM319 5.1 38.2 5,124 115 11 0.987 B. subtilis 168 4.2 43.5 4,176 85 10 0.335 B. amyloliquifaciens FZB42 3.9 46.5 3,813 86 10 0.299 B. licheniformis ATCC 14580 4.2 46.2 4,192 72 7 0.325 B. pumilus SAFR-032 3.7 41.3 3,678 69 7 0.295 B. cereus ATCC 10987 5.2 35.6 5,602 97 12 0.341 B. anthracis AO465 5.2 35.4 5,040 95 11 0.332 B. thuringiensis Al Hakam 5.3 35.4 4,736 104 14 0.349 B. weihenstephanensis KBAB4 5.3 35.6 5,155 109 14 0.337 B. halodurans C-125 4.2 43.7 4,065 78 8 0.267 B. clausii KSM-K16 4.3 44.8 4,096 74 7 0.258 Oceanobacillus iheyensis HTE 831 3.6 35.7 3,500 69 7 0.265 Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e 2.9 38.0 2,846 67 6 0.195 Open in a separate window Genomic properties of B. megaterium compared to related species fig ft0 fig mode=article f1 fig/graphic|fig/alternatives/graphic mode="anchored" m1 Open in a separate window Fig. 2. caption a7 Circular representation of the B. megaterium plasmids pBM500, pBM600, and pBM700.

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