TABLE 4.
Homologies between genes involved in EPS biosynthesis in S. thermophilus MR-1C and Sfi6
Gene | Region sequenceda | % Homology
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DNA | Protein | ||
epsA | 1227–2011 | 98.1 | 97.9 |
epsB | 2679–3040 | 95.6 | 97.5 |
epsC | 3330–3579 | 97.2 | 95.2 |
epsD | 3840–4268 | 98.1 | 96.5 |
epsE | 4627–5077 | 98.4 | 99.3 |
epsF | 5656–6227 | 97.9 | 96.0 |
Nucleotide positions are based on S. thermophilus Sfi6 nucleotide sequences (24).