Figure 3From: Comparative genomic analysis of six bacteria belonging to the genus Novosphingobium: insights into marine adaptation, cell-cell signaling and bioremediationMarine adaptation genes in the marine Novosphingobium strains. (A) Partial genomic map of Novosphingobium strains containing the ectoine biosynthesis gene cluster. The inner ring represents the reference sequence, a 20Â kb region of marine strain US6-1. Outer shows the shared identity if present according to BLASTN with an E-value cut-off of 0.001. Green arrows indicate genes associated with ectoine biosynthesis. Blue arrow indicates a gene coding for hypothetical protein that may be relevant to salt-tolerance. (B) Interproscan protein domain scanning result suggesting the presence of sodium: alanine symporter function in the hypothetical proteins (Blue arrow, A) which are uniquely shared by the marine strains US6-1 and PP1Y.Back to article page