Table 2. Genomic features of selected probiotic strains

Probiotic strain	Enterococcus hirae Pom4	Limosilactobacillus fermentum Pom5	Pediococcus pentosaceus Chi8	Ligilactobacillus animalis FB2
Feature
Size (bp)	2,922,639	2,046,384	1,746,086	2,046,384
N50 (bp)	222,522	72,163	331,800	254,780
Contigs	78	262	18	62
GC content (%)	36.6	52.0	37.1	41.3
Protein-encoding sequences	2727	2114	1740	2114
Number of RNAs	66	66	56	66
Plasmid	Present	-	Present	-
Number of plasmids	4	-	1	-
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene	3	-	-	1
Prophage	1	3	4	8
CRISPR	2	1	1	2
Bacteriocin-encoding genes	4	-	-	-
β-galactosidases	2	2	1	2
lacS	1	1	1	3
lacR	-	1	1	3

CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.