Table 1.

Predicted genes involved in probiotic potency in Bacillus sp. DU-106.

Predicted function	Predicted genes
	Bacillus sp. DU-106	B. cereus 14579	B. coagulans 7050
Lactate synthesis	lldh, dldh, ldh, m/ldh	lldh	lldh
Virulence gene	hlyIII, hlyBL	hlyIII, hlyBL, cytK, nheA	hlyIII
Adhesion protein	cbp, fbpIII	cbp, fbp	fbpA
Acid resistance-related
Protection or repair of macromolecules	dnaK, dnaJ, clpB, groES, groEL, recA, uvrABC	dnaK, dnaJ, clpB, groES, recA, uvrC	dnaK, dnaJ, clpB, groEL, recA, uvrABC
Fatty acid synthesis	fabF, fadD, fabH, fabI, accC	–	fabF, fadD, fabH, fabI, accC
Alkali production	arcA, arcC	arcA, arcC	–
Transcriptional regulators	sigB, ctsR, hrcA, crp family	sigB, ctsR, hrcA, crp family	sigB, ctsR, hrcA, crp family
Acid shock response	aspS	–	aspS
Metabolic rearrangements	alsD, csa	alsD	alsD
Glycine betaine ABC transport system	opuAB	–	opuCC
Bile salt resistance	bass, cgh	bass, cgh	bass

cbp, gene for a potential collagen-binding protein; fbpIII, gene for fibronectin-binding protein type III domain; bass, gene for bile acid sodium symporter; cgh, gene for choloylglycine hydrolase; and –, not found.