Fig 2.

Comparison of the orfX regions in S. xylosus strains C2a (EMBL accession no. HE993886), S04009 (EMBL accession no. HE993884), and S04010 (EMBL accession no. HE993885). Red areas show regions conserved between the two sequences, and homologous CDSs are in light and dark green. Other CDSs of interest discussed in the text are highlighted in color. Blue dots indicate direct repeats (DR), and green and red dots show inverted repeats (IR) (the inverted repeats in C2a and S04010 are virtually identical). The GC content of the region is shown above each genome schematic. The eighth gene in the myo-inositol cluster that is truncated in C2a and intact in S04009 is indicated with shading.