FIG. 1.
Genetic organization of the vsm gene region. The region flanking vsm, localized in chromosome 1 of V. splendidus LGP32, was PCR amplified in LMG20012T and sequenced. Corresponding genes found in both LMG20012T and LGP32 are represented by arrows with the same pattern. The absence in LMG20012T of a genomic region of 6.1 kb containing the vsm gene is indicated (Δ). ORFs were annotated as encoding the following products: VS1267, Vsm extracellular zinc metalloprotease; VS1262, tryptophanase; VS1263, putative helix-turn-helix-type transcriptional activator; VS1264, VS1265, VS1266, VS1269, VS1271, VS1272, and VS1273, conserved hypothetical proteins; VS1268 and VS1269, hypothetical proteins.