Fig. 1. Assembly, annotation, and functional properties of the two metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from the Swiss hard cheese starter culture RMK202.

A The Metagenome-assembled-genomes of S. thermophilus and L. delbrueckii with different genetic features highlighted (see legend). B Functional properties potentially involved in the metabolic interaction of the two species. The coloring of the circles indicate the ratio of nonsynonymous vs synonymous substitution rates (pN/pS) of the genes, while striped circles indicate the absence.