Table 1.

Comparison of genomic features between Q-426 and other Bacillus strains

Strain name	Q-426	FZB42 [6]	SQR9 [7]	DSM7 [37]	168 [38]
Genome size	4,086,827	3,918,596	4,117,023	3,980,199	4,215,606
GC content (%)	46.30	46.40	46.10	46.10	43.50
CDS number	4691	3693	4078	3921	4106
Average CDS length	782	933	916	888	895
tRNA number	86	89	72	94	86
Secondary metabolite synthesis gene clusters
Gene length	316,610	771,823	811,617	559,717	144,451
Cluster number	14	13	12	11	6
Proportion of total length (%)	7.75	19.70	19.71	14.06	3.43