| Characteristic | No. of circular bacteriocins | Percentage of bacteriocins (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Mature bacteriocin sequence | Total circular bacteriocins | 119 | 100.0 |
Experimentally-confirmed | 20 | 16.8 | |
Total identified in this study | 99 | 83.2 | |
Containing polybasic region | 111 | 93.3 | |
Containing aromatic residues | 115 | 96.6 | |
Family i | 90 | 74.8 | |
Family ii | 29 | 24.4 | |
Bacteriocin cluster | Predicted functional (conservative) | 90 | 75.6 |
Translational coupling | 109 | 91.6 | |
Chrosomosomally-located | 77 | 64.7 | |
Plasmid-associated | 25 | 21.0 | |
Unknown location | 16 | 13.4 | |
Mobile genetic element-associated | 24 | 20.2 |