Table 1.

Characteristics of the genomic islands found in the eight Salinibacter ruber strains compared in this study.

Genome	GI Classification	GI ID	Number ORFs	Size (kb)	Initial position (bp)	Final position (bp)	%GC	%Genome covered
M8 M(1999)	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	127	151.71	249,507	401,287	61.3	3.96
	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	134	129.92	829,018	958,941	58.2	3.39
	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	111	134.12	223,961	358,080	62.1	3.74
M31	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	82	88.14	774,703	862,838	59.1	2.46
M(1999)	HGT-GI	GI3-M31	44	42.75	1,360,489	1,404,241	55.8	1.19
M1 M(1999)	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	151	177.85	235,218	413,070	60.5	4.72
	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	44	51.25	841,588	892,833	62.2	1.36
P13 SP(1999)	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	139	140.56	246,865	387,420	61.9	3.90
	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	77	74.90	819,096	893,996	60.8	2.08
	HGT-GI	GI3-P13	30	27.30	2,335,400	2,362,700	50.6	0.76
P18	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	87	109.18	237,245	346,422	62.7	2.92
SP(1999)	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	50	56.79	793,772	850,557	62.4	1.59
	HGT-GI	GI3-P18	18	33.80	1,990,500	2,024,300	58.7	0.90
	HGT-GI	GI4-P18	35	43.50	2,544,500	2,588,000	66.0	1.16
	HGT-GI	GI5-P18	105	114.61	2,608,780	2,723,390	61.4	3.06
SP38	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	145	168.38	230,386	398,753	62.5	4.55
SP(2006)	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	42	50.10	817,511	867,607	62.5	1.35
	HGT-GI	GI3-SP38	26	23.80	3,584,200	3,560,400	51.0	0.64
SP73 SP(2006)	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	205	196.16	256,113	452,273	60.4	5.03
	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	103	104.73	872,601	977,331	58.6	2.69
	HGT-GI	GI3-SP73	106	113.67	2,993,000	3,106,670	61.4	2.91
RM158	fGI	fGI1 (HRV1)	127	156.47	249,611	406,078	60.7	4.03
M(2006)	fGI	fGI2 (HRV2)	97	94.72	840,001	934,723	58.7	2.44
	HGT-GI	GI3-RM158	102	113.68	2,943,003	3,056,685	61.5	2.93
	HGT-GI	GI4-RM158	18	27.64	3,700,270	3,727,910	57.6	0.72