Figure 2.
Conservation patterns near the ytaA/cotS loci. Despite considerable rearrangements, the ytaA/cotS genes are consistently colocated and coregulated with glycosyl transferases (ytcC and cotSA) and frequently with nucleotide sugar metabolizing genes (ytdA and ytcA-B). Genes are color-coded by orthology; gray represents genes neither conserved in the cluster nor spore-associated. Gene lengths are not to scale.