epsSMASH rules glossary#

Strict#

Name	Category (?)	Description	Added	Last updated	Literature
type-1-cellulose	Synthase-dependent	Type 1 cellulose	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
type-2-cellulose	Synthase-dependent	Type 2 cellulose	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
type-3-cellulose	Synthase-dependent	Type 3 cellulose	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
acetylated-cellulose	Synthase-dependent	Acetylated cellulose	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
generic-cellulose	Synthase-dependent	Cellulose which cannot be assigned type 1-3 or acetylated	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
cellulose-gram-positive	Synthase-dependent	Gram-positive cellulose	1.0	1.0	Scott et al. (2020)
cyanocellulose	Synthase-dependent	Cyanobacterial cellulose	1.0	1.0	Maeda et al. (2018)
pel	Synthase-dependent	Pel	1.0	1.0	Franklin et al. (2011)
pel-positive	Synthase-dependent	Gram-positive Pel	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
alginate	Synthase-dependent	Alginate	1.0	1.0	Franklin et al. (2011)
curdlan	Synthase-dependent	Curdlan	1.0	1.0	Gao et al. (2020)
PNAG-ica	Synthase-dependent	Poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine ica	1.0	1.0	McKenney et al. (1998)
PNAG-pga	Synthase-dependent	Poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine pga	1.0	1.0	Wang et al. (2004)
Hyaluronic_acid_has	Synthase-dependent	Streptococcal hyaluronic acid	1.0	1.0	Wei et al. (2024)
amylovoran_stewartan	Wzy-dependent	Amylovoran/Stewartan	1.0	1.0	Carlini et al. (2024), Roper (2011)
acetan	Wzy-dependent	Acetan	1.0	1.0	Trček et ak. (2021)
succinoglycan	Wzy-dependent	Succinoglycan	1.0	1.0	Janczarek (2011)
colanic	Wzy-dependent	Colanic acid	1.0	1.0	Stevenson et al. (1996)
xanthan	Wzy-dependent	Xanthan	1.0	1.0	Vorhölter et al. (2008)
galactoglucan	Wzy-dependent	Galactoglucan	1.0	1.0	Bahlawane et al. (2008)
psl	Wzy-dependent	Psl	1.0	1.0	Franklin et al. (2011)
PNAG_eps	Wzy-dependent	PNAG EPS (B. subtilis) like	1.0	1.0	Roux et al. (2015)
lactobacillus_eps	Wzy-dependent	Lactobacillus EPS	1.0	1.0	Berger et al. (2007)
sphingans	Wzy-dependent	Gellan, wellan, diutan or S88	1.0	1.0	Schmid et al. (2014)
zooglan	Wzy-dependent	Zooglan	1.0	1.0	An et al. (2016)
fructan-sucrases	Sucrase-dependent	Fructan	1.0	1.0	Öner et al. (2016)
alpha-glucansucrases	Sucrase-dependent	Alpha-glucan	1.0	1.0	Gangoiti et al. (2018)

Relaxed#

Name	Category (?)	Description	Added	Last updated	Literature
cellulose-like	Synthase-dependent	Cellulose-like	1.0	1.0	Abidi et al. (2021)
cellulose-gram-positive-like	Synthase-dependent	Gram-positive cellulose-like	1.0	1.0	Scott et al. (2020)
pel-like	Synthase-dependent	Pel-like	1.0	1.0	Franklin et al. (2011)
pel-positive-like	Synthase-dependent	Gram-positive Pel-like	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
alginate-like	Synthase-dependent	Alginate-like	1.0	1.0	Franklin et al. (2011)
curdlan-like	Synthase-dependent	Curdlan-like	1.0	1.0	Gao et al. (2020)
PNAG-ica-like	Synthase-dependent	Poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine ica like	1.0	1.0	McKenney et al. (1998)
PNAG-pga-like	Synthase-dependent	Poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine pga like	1.0	1.0	Wang et al. (2004)

Loose#

Name	Category (?)	Description	Added	Last updated	Literature
wzy_dependent_putative	Wzy-dependent	Loose rule for Wzy-dependent clusters	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
wzy_dependent_putative_NO_OPX	Wzy-dependent	Even looser rule for Wzy-dependent clusters, does not require OPX gene	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
ABC_dependent_putative	ABC-dependent	Loose rule for ABC-transporter-dependent clusters	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
ABC_dependent_putative_NO_OPX	ABC-dependent	Even looser rule for ABC-transporter-dependent clusters, does not require OPX gene	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
ABC_wzy_dependent_putative	Unknown	Loose rule for ABC-transporter/Wzy-dependent clusters	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)
ABC_wzy_dependent_putative_NO_OPX	Unknown	Even looser rule for ABC-transporter/Wzy-dependent clusters, does not require OPX gene	1.0	1.0	Whitfield et al. (2020)