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Table 1 The descriptions of the features associated with genomic islands

From: Classification of genomic islands using decision trees and their ensemble algorithms

Feature

Description

IVOM

Interpolated Variable Order Motif compositional score (Relative Entropy)

Insertion Point (IP)

Binary: “1” if within a CDS locus, “0” otherwise

Size

Size of each genomic region in bp

Density

Number of genes per kb

Repeats

Binary: “1” if repeats present, “0” otherwise

Integrase

Binary: “1” if containing integrase-like protein domain, “0” otherwise

Phage

Binary: “1” if containing phage-related protein domain, “0” otherwise

RNA

Binary: “1” if containing non-coding RNA, “0” otherwise