Table 1.

Comparison of the gene clusters encoding NRPS for biosynthesis of the main lipopeptides, surfactin, iturin, and fengycin, in the genomes of Bacillus velezensis UTB96 and the reference strain Bacillus velezensis FZB42.

		Similarity with the Reference Strain Bacillus velezensis FZB42
Lipopeptide	Chromosomal Localization (from–to)	Similarity in Nucleotide Sequence	Similarity in Amino Acid Sequence
Surfactin	301,941 nt–366,339 nt	97.53%	91.67%
Iturin A	1,762,934 nt–1,800,180 nt	97.02%	67.94%
Fengycin	1,823,096 nt–1,860,765 nt	96.50%	97.08%