Table 6.

Genes related to the cell wall formation of probiotic bacteria L. plantarum Dad-13.

Category	Subcategory	Subsystem	Role	Abbreviations
Cell wall and capsule	Capsular and extracellular polysaccharides	Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis	Transcriptional activator of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis	EpsA
			Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis glycosyltransferase	EpsF
			Acetyltransferase of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis	EpsH
			Capsular polysaccharide synthesis enzyme	CpsA, CpsB, CpsC, CpsD, CpsH
Cell wall and capsule	Cell wall and capsule—no subcategory	Peptidoglycan biosynthesis	Monofunctional biosynthetic peptidoglycan transglycosylase	MG
			Cell division protein FtsI (Peptidoglycan synthetase)	FtsI
			D-alanine ligase	ddlB
Cell wall and capsule	Gram-positive cell wall components	Biosynthesis of teichoic and lipoteichoic acids	Teichoic acid biosynthesis protein	TBP
			Regulation of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid biosynthesis	DltR, DltS