Fig. 6. Characteristics of the phages identified in the cheese starter cultures.

A Gene annotation of the two Streptococcus starter culture phages, RMK202_1 and RMK202_2, and the two closest relatives (illustrated in lighter colors). Protein similarity between genes are indicated in gray (80–95% identity) and black (95–100%). B Relative abundance of bacteria and phages over all metagenomic samples based on genome read coverage. C Fraction of Streptococcus genomes with an integrated phage as based on the read coverage of phage-bacteria spanning regions relative to the coverage of the S. thermophilus genome. D Fraction of Streptococcus phages which show signs of integration as based on the read coverage of phage-bacteria spanning regions relative to the coverage of the Streptococcus phage genomes. E The number of spacers mapping against the different phage types. F The Streptococcus phage network with the protospacer containing phages colored or labeled according to phage type. G The spacer abundance vs the protospacer abundance from all phage spacers. The database specific linear regression and distributions are indicated in the figure and the axis figures accordingly.