Table 2. Summary of identified bacteriocin precursors and their classification.
Gene cluster groups | Size Range (aa) | NHLP | N11P | HetP | DUF37 | Other | Subtotal | Novel * | Average # |
I | 45–164 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0.35 |
II | 39–152 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 58 | 87 | 11 | 3.78 |
III | 29–129 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 74 | 21 | 3.89 |
IV | 31–151 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 4 | 3.81 |
V | 28–151 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 3.08 |
VI | 82–84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 |
VII | 50–116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
Unclassfied | 159 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.22 |
Total | 66 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 150 | 290 | 46 |
*Number of novel precursor genes that are absent from the current genomic annotation.
Average number of precursor per gene cluster in different groups.