Genomes of Alteromonas australica,a world apart

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Table 2 Characteristics of genomic islands found in A. australica H17 ^T and DE170 genomes

Strain	No.	Start	End	Size (Kb)	No. genes	GC (%)	Inferred character
Flexible genomic islands
H17-DE170	fGI-1	310522	384692	74	46	40.74	Metal resistance/Hydrogenases
H17-DE170	fGI-2	634953	650653	16	25	40.82	Integron
H17-DE170	fGI-3	1127948	1152459	25	25	37.52	Flagellum
H17-DE170	fGI-4	1783555	1790698	7	6	36.22	Exopolysaccharide
H17-DE170	fGI-5	3012274	3028621	16	16	38.40	O-chain of LPS
H17-DE170	fGI-6	3188385	3217385	29	29	42.80	CRISPR cluster
H17-DE170	fGI-7	3853337	3872202	19	16	38.35	Glycosyltransferases
Strain specific genomic islands
H 17	GI-1	79701	110606	31	19	41.84	DNA phosphorothioation
H 17	GI-2	953402	975953	23	17	43.29	Type I RM system
H 17	GI-3	1298603	1317990	19	28	38.46	ND
H 17	GI-4	3133024	3168117	35	25	44.53	Carbohydrates metabolism
H 17	GI-5	3429815	3464787	35	26	42.53	PQQ dehydrogenase
DE170	GI-1	1444412	1484731	40	54	46.07	Mu Phage
DE170	GI-2	2167586	2188175	20	12	44.30	Type I RM system
DE170	GI-3	2246523	2282575	36	39	43.82	Metal resistance
DE170	GI-4	3139215	3155614	16	12	44.6	Xylan catabolism
DE170	GI-5	3713976	3741976	28	26	46.17	Cellulose synthase cluster
DE170	GI-5	4389242	4419286	30	33	42.57	MGI

Abbreviations: LPS Lipopolysaccharide, CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, RM restriction modification, ND Not determined, PQQ pyrroloquinoline quinone, MGI Mobilizable genomic island.

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