Table 1. List of Bacillus genes involved in DNA repair and oxidative stress resistance.
| Function (No. of genes) | Class | Gene | Missing in Bp [1] | Missing in Bl [2] | Missing in Bs [3] | Missing in Bp & Bl [1], [2] | Missing in Bl & Bs [2], [3] |
| DNA repair (88) | U | ada 2,3; dinG; disA; dnaE; end1; gyrB; hbs; kapD; mfd; mutL,M,S2(yshD); ogt; pcrB; phrB 2,3; polA; polY2(yqjW); priA; recD, J, N,R,Q(recS),X; sbcC,D; scpA,B; sms; uvrX1; xseA,B; yjhB1;ykoW; ylbH; yocI; yobH 1,2; yorK 1,2; yozK 1,2; yqfN; yrrK; yvcI; ywbD | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| V | alkA; dinB 1; lexA; mutS1; polY1(yqjH); radC; recF,G,O; ruvA,B; ssb; yjcD; yneB; ywjD 2(uvsE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G&O | addA,B; exoA 1,2; gyrA; mutT 1,Y; nth; pcrA; recU; topA; ung; uvrC; ydiP 2; yhaZ 2 ; ypcP; yprA; ypvA; yrrT; yrvN; ywqA, yxlJ 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| S | nfo; yqhH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| V+G&O | recA; uvrA,B; ykoU(lig),V(ku) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S+G&O | splA,B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oxidative stress resistance (35) | U | bcrC; cotJC 1; katX2 2,3; msrA; ohrA,B,R; sigM; sodF; trxA; ycgT; ygaF; yjqC; ykuU; ylaC 1,D 1;yojM; yqjL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| V | mrgA 1; msrB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G&O | ahpC 1,F 1; bsaA; perR; sigB; sodA; spx; tpx; trxB; ydbD 1; yqjM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| V+G&O | dpsA; katA 1,B 1(katE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S+G&O | katX(yxlI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SASP (18) | S | csgA 1; sspA,B,C 1,2,D,E,F,G 1,2,H 1,I,J,K,L,M,N,O (cotK),P(cotL);tlp | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1 = absent in B. pumilus SAFR-032 (Bp). 2 = absent in B. licheniformis (Bl). 3 = absent in B. subtilis 168 (Bs).
U = expression unknown.
V = genes transcribed in B. subtilis vegetative cells [25].