Diversity and evolutionary dynamics of spore-coat proteins in spore-forming species of Bacillales.

ABSTRACT: Among members of the Bacillales order, there are several species capable of forming a structure called an endospore. Endospores enable bacteria to survive under unfavourable growth conditions and germinate when environmental conditions are favourable again. Spore-coat proteins are found in a multilayered proteinaceous structure encasing the spore core and the cortex. They are involved in coat assembly, cortex synthesis and germination. Here, we aimed to determine the diversity and evolutionary processes that have influenced spore-coat genes in various spore-forming species of Bacillales using an in silico approach. For this, we used sequence similarity searching algorithms to determine the diversity of coat genes across 161 genomes of Bacillales. The results suggest that among Bacillales,

SUBMITTER: Secaira-Morocho H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725329 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature