Functional characterization of probiotic surface layer protein-carrying Lactobacillus amylovorus strains

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Amino acid sequence similarities between L. amylovorus S-layer proteins present on the bacterial surface

	DSM16698_SlpA	DSM16698_SlpB	DSM16698_SlpC3	DSM20531_SlpA	GRL1112_SlpA	GRL1114_SlpA	GRL1115_SlpA	GRL1116_SlpA	GRL1117_SlpA2	GRL1117_SlpB	GRL1118_SlpA
DSM16698_SlpA	100¹
DSM16698_SlpB	26.8	100
DSM16698_SlpC3	12.5	16.9	100
DSM20531_SlpA	48.2	22.7	15.1	100
GRL1112_SlpA	36.1	25.4	13.0	34.8	100
GRL1114_SlpA	51.7	27.2	14.1	53.6	36.9	100
GRL1115_SlpA	53.7	21.1	14.1	55.0	38.6	48.9	100
GRL1116_SlpA	53.1	21.5	13.3	53.2	38.6	48.4	95.5	100
GRL1117_SlpA2	37.0	20.0	12.5	37.3	47.8	32.1	34.5	32.6	100
GRL1117_SlpB	24.0	69.6	17.1	20.2	21.7	22.6	21.2	21.2	22.0	100
GRL1118_SlpA	49.4	23.3	12.5	53.6	36.0	48.8	54.2	55.8	35.0	18.9	100

¹Pairwise scores were calculated for each pair of sequences by calculating the number of identities in the best CLUSTALW alignment, and by dividing by the number of residues compared (gap positions were excluded).

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