RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Tosato, Valentina A1 Albertini, Alessandra M. A1 Zotti, Michela A1 Sonda, Sabrina A1 Bruschi, Carlo V.YR 1997 T1 Sequence completion, identification and definition of the fengycin operon in Bacillus subtilis 168 JF Microbiology, VO 143 IS 11 SP 3443 OP 3450 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-143-11-3443 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB A 15 kb DNA fragment from the Bacillus subtilis chromosome between citB and ppsC has been sequenced, and new ORFs encoding putative enzymes involved in lipopolypeptide synthesis, which complete a partial operon previously reported, and a new set of enzymes responsible for lipid metabolism have been identified. From the analysis of DNA sequence homology of the fragment it was deduced that these new peptide synthetase genes are part of an operon for the biosynthesis of the fungicide fengycin., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-143-11-3443