Additional file 12 of Exploring AI-2-mediated interspecies communications within rumen microbial communities

Abstract

Additional file 12: Figure S6. Widespread occurrence of rumen bacteria in the communication network. (A) The occurrence of rumen bacteria in the network. (B) The occurrence of bacteria that synthesize AI-2 at the phylum level. (C) The occurrence of bacteria that synthesize and sense AI-2 at the phylum level. (D) The occurrence of bacteria that sense AI-2 at the phylum level. Numbers indicate the numbers of bacterial genomes in which the corresponding functions were found at the phylum level. A total of 357 bacterial species were responsible for the synthesis of AI-2, which were mainly distributed in Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Firmicutes; 122 bacterial species sensed AI-2 to reprogram the expression of multiple genes, which were mainly distributed in Firmicutes; 201 bacterial species could not only produce AI-2 but also sense AI-2 in the environment, which primarily functioned in Firmicutes