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TABLE 2 .

Genomic islands in the E. coli O104:H4 isolates

Genomic region	Position in the genome	Selected gene content	Variants
GI-1	5.26–0.06 Mbp,^a^,^c by serX	Microcin locus, iha, tellurium resistance locus, antigen 43, yeeV-yeeU TA system	Locus absent in 55989; deletion of multiple microcin locus genes in Ec11-9990 and -9451
GI-2	2.26–2.36 Mbp,^a by pheV	T6SS, pic, antigen 43	Expanded T6SS locus in 55989
GI-3	3.11–3.16 Mbp,^a by selC	Sulfonamide resistance (sul1, sul2), trimethoprim resistance (dhfr7), ethidium bromide resistance protein (qacEΔ1), beta lactamase (bla_TEM), mercuric resistance operon, tetracycline resistance (tetA), antigen 43, yeeV-yeeU TA system	Not present in 55989, Ec04-8351, Ec09-7901; internal ~18-kb deletion in Ec11-9941 and Ec11-9990
GI-4	3.7–3.77 Mbp,^a by pheU	Aerobactin locus, pic, sigA, yeeV-yeeU TA system, entericidin TA system	Insertion of iha in this locus in 55989
GI-5	4.94–5.00 Mbp,^b by leuX	Tetracycline resistance, DNA phosphorothioation locus, yeeV-yeeU TA system	Present only in 55989
GI-6	4.27–4.35 Mbp,^a by aspV and thrW	T6SS, YafQ/DinJ TA system	Predicted ORF region 1 not present in 55989; region 2 not present in Ec04-8351 and Ec11-9450

^{^a}

Indexed according to the TY2482 assembly.

^{^b}

Indexed according to the 55989 assembly.

^{^c}

This locus crosses the break in the linearization of the TY2482 genome.