Table 1. Position, orientation, length and att core sequences of the prophages in the IL1403 chromosome.

Phage	Start	End	Genome size (bp)	att core sequence	Sequence accession number
bIL285	1 036 549	1 072 086	35 538	TTTTTCATG	AF323668
bIL286	1 457 116	1 415 283	41 834	ACTCCCCTCGCCTCCATTGAATGGATTTTATAGAATCCAAT AGTATTAGAAATCGCTCAATAGAGCGGTTTTTGTTTTCT	AF323669
bIL309	447 143	484 092	36 949	CGAGGTTTGGCACCATGATCCGAGGGGGA	AF323670
bIL310	49 863	34 907	14 957	CAAAAAAACACTGATTGAATGCCGTATG	AF323671
bIL311	2 011 247	2 025 756	14 510	AAACTGTCTATTCTATTATATa	AF323672
bIL312	502 595	517 773	15 179	GAAAGACGCAGTTAAATAATTATAGCTAT	AF323673

^abIL311 being non-inducible, a putative att core sequence has been determined by searching for perfect direct repeats on the chromosome sequence in the vicinity of the phage genome.