Table 4.

Features of the gene islands found in the genome of B. subtilis DM2.

GI	Size (bp)	Genes	Hypothetical proteins	Integrase/phage portal protein
1	10,848	9	3	1
2	4247	3	1	0
3	10,269	4	3	0
4	11,092	4	4	0
5	7217	7	4	0
6	8419	8	5	1
7	26,611	26	13	1
8	4522	5	4	0
9	5365	5	2	0
10	4179	7	2	2
11	4778	11	5	1
12	5696	7	4	0
13	18,793	27	18	2
14	6295	3	2	0
15	7427	11	7	0
16	122,642	164	122	5
17	4157	7	5	0
18	6329	14	10	0
19	24,186	41	32	2
20	4642	9	8	0
21	8129	7	7	0
22	5209	9	8	1
23	14,435	7	6	0
24	6531	9	4	1
25	40,710	53	23	19
26	4006	8	6	1
27	6429	8	2	0
28	4134	2	2	0
29	5506	7	1	0
30	4168	2	0	0
31	4087	6	5	0
32	7752	7	4	0
33	6928	7	4	0
34	4389	6	4	0
Total	420,127	510	330	37