TABLE 1.

The pathogenicity islands and the functions encoded

Pathogenicity island or gene	Product(s)	Reference(s)
Pathogenicity islands
IICFT073	P fimbriae, iron-regulated proteins	36
I536	α-Hemolysin, F17-like fimbriae, CS12-like fimbriae	12
II536	Hek adhesin, P-related fimbriae, α-hemolysin, hemagglutinin-like adhesin	12
III536	S fimbriae, salmochelin, HmuR-like heme receptor, Sat toxin, Tsh-like hemoglobin protease, antigen 43	12
IV536	Yersiniabactin siderophore system	12
IIJ96	α-Hemolysin, Prs fimbriae, cytotoxic, necrotizing factor	3, 6
Virulence-associated genes
malX	Maltose- and glucose-specific component IIa of a phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system	14, 38
usp	Putative bacteriocin	24