TABLE 3.

Similarity of the 42-kb extrachromosomal DNA with bacteriophage VHML

Clone or PCR amplicon	ORF(s) in VHML	Putative function	Identity (no. of identical residues/total no. of residues [%])
58p10-8b	37	Transposase	291/355 (81)
58p10-8d	53	Unknown	217/236 (92)
58p10-9	10	Recombination protein	480/482 (99)
58p10-11h	4	DNA primase	581/629 (92)
58p10-12f	21, 22	Terminase small and large subunits	584/602 (97)
Amplicon 1	1	Protelomerase	508/542 (93)
Amplicon 2	24	Capsid protein	549/559 (98)
Amplicon 3	34	Tail fiber protein	283/297 (95)