TABLE 1.

Comparison of general features of the sequenced gene islands and the PAO1 genome

Genomic region	Size (bp)	% G+C	% Coding regions	No. of ORFs		Mean GCI
				Total	Per 10 kb
PAGI-2(C)	104,955	64.7	90.4	113	10.7	0.537
PAGI-3(SG)	103,304	59.2	82.7	105	10.2	0.448
C-specific DNA	6,872	66.1	83.8	9	13.1	0.65
PAO genomea	6,264,403	66.6	89.4	5,570	8.9	0.678

^aFrom references 21 and 48.