TABLE 1.

Nucleotide and amino acid changes in rtp of various Bacillus strains

Bacillus strain	% Nucleotides differenta	% GC content of:		Nature and position of amino acid change in RTP
		Genome	rtp
B. subtilis 168		43.5	36.3	Nil
B. subtilis W23	6.0	43	36.9	Nil
B. vallismortis	9.8	43	35.5	Nil
B. mojavensis	10.9	43	36.6	E30K
B. amyloliquefaciens	16.9	43	40.7	E47P
				I73V
B. atrophaeus	17.2	42	39.0	E47Q
				V105I
				K112N

^aDifferences from B. subtilis 168.