Fig. 5: Functional and ecological roles of C30 carotenoid biosynthesis. | Communications Biology

Fig. 5: Functional and ecological roles of C30 carotenoid biosynthesis.

From: Distribution of C30 carotenoid biosynthesis genes suggests habitat adaptation function in insect-adapted and nomadic Lactobacillaceae

Fig. 5

A Survival rate of Lp. plantarum strains under ultraviolet (UV) stress. All the strains were tested in three separate trials. Seven producers and two natural knockout mutants that do not produce carotenoids were included (Supplementary Table S1). Mean and standard error of the mean are visualized per strain. Significance (p < 0.05) between conditions is shown with a “*”. B Percentage of species within a lifestyle (based on Zheng et al.33) harboring the crtMN gene as a core or accessory trait. The total number of species analyzed is given for each lifestyle. C The genome sizes of species in relation to their lifestyle and the presence of crtMN genes.

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