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. 2008 Dec 19;9:616. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-616

Table 2.

Regions larger than 5 kb showing some of the characteristics1 of bacteriophages (ϕ) and GIs.

Type Size (kb) GC content CDSs Description relevant content
Chr I
ϕ VS1 8.8 33.9 VSAL_I0388-I0398 Putative remnant harbouring shufflon-specific DNA recombinase
ϕ VS2 15.2 40.5 VSAL_I0764-I0783 Compound transposon harbouring phage remnants
ϕ VS3 6.8 34.3 VSAL_I0966-I0969 Putative phage remnant harbouring a phage integrase
ϕ VS4 34.1 40.8 VSAL_I1008-I1051 Complete K139-like phage. Flanked by one IS element
ϕ VS5 10.7 31.5 VSAL_I1921-I1930 Phage remnant harbouring putative exported proteins. Flanked by one IS element
ϕ VS6 12.2 36.2 VSAL_I2480-I2489 Putative phage remnant harbouring a phage integrase. Flanked by one IS element
GI-VS1 18.9 36.7 VSAL_I0019-I0035 Compound transposon harbouring duplicated plasmid genes
GI-VS2 13.7 38.3 VSAL_I0056-I0070 Compound transposon encoding chromosome partitioning proteins
GI-VS3 18.8 39.8 VSAL_I0129-I0144 Compound transposon encoding proteins involved in siderophore synthesis and uptake
GI-VS4 13.9 40.6 VSAL_I0884-I0872 Putative GI, encoding exported proteins, a peptidase and a nuclease
GI-VS5 24.2 38.2 VSAL_I1105-I1125 Putative GI encoding a putative protein secretion system (T6SSI). Flanked by one IS element
GI-VS6 23.5 36.8 VSAL_I1166-I1185 Compound transposon encoding a putative protein secretion system (T6SSII)
GI-VS7 19.7 35.9 VSAL_I1463-I1492 Compound transposon encoding a antibiotic resistance protein and a cold-shock protein
GI-VS8 10.5 33.3 VSAL_I1620-I1633 Compound transposon encoding various proteins with unknown function
GI-VS9 10.9 39.9 VSAL_I1787-I1794 Putative GI, encoding a restriction enzyme and a DNA methylase
GI-VS10 38.2 36.2 VSAL_I3009-I3042 Compound transposon encoding proteins involved in LPS and CPS biosynthesis
Chr II
ϕ VSA1 26.4 36.4 VSAL_II0534-II0566 Putative phage remnant harbouring a toxin and an antitoxin
ϕ VSA2 6.5 34.6 VSAL_II0629-II0638 Putative phage remnant harbouring a phage integrase
ϕ VSA3 5.1 35.7 VSAL_II0739-II0745 Putative remnant harbouring genes for phage replication
GI-VSA1 13.7 39.1 VSAL_II0117-II0128 Compound transposon encoding an ABC transporter. Flanked by one IS element
GI-VSA2 6.4 34.6 VSAL_II0202-II0208 Compound transposon encoding an acyltransferase and hypothetical proteins
GI-VSA3 16.2 38.2 VSAL_II0257-II0272 Compound transposon encoding exported and membrane proteins
GI-VSA4 15.8 37.9 VSAL_II0321-II0335 Putative GI encoding a glycosyl transferase and membrane proteins. Flanked by one IS element
GI-VSA5 15.4 35.3 VSAL_II0362-II0380 Putative GI encoding a protein secretion system (Flp-type pilus)
GI-VSA6 8.9 37.9 VSAL_II0986-II0990 Putative GI encoding hypothetical proteins. Flanked by IS element

The genome position, sizes, number of CDSs and G+C content of the phages and GIs are listed, together with a description of the most important content2.

1Abnormal G+C content; GC deviation; repeats flanking the ends; insertion next tRNAs; and the presence of phage genes.

2A complete list of the CDSs are provided in [Additional file 10].