Figure 4: Schematic representation of the companion mechanisms of Bacillus thuringiensis Bc601 and Bacillus endophyticus Hbe603 in bacterial consortium at a genome-wide scale.

For the ability of response to the external environment, B. thuringiensis Bc601 has more collagenases, ATPases, two-component system and peptidoglycan biosynthesis related proteins than B. endophyticus Hbe603 (marked in blue words). For the ability of nutrients biosynthesis, B. endophyticus Hbe603 has more PTSsystem, propanoate, glutathione and inositol phosphate metabolism, and amino acid degradation related proteins than B. thuringiensis Bc601 (marked in red words).