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Table 2 Regions of Genomic Plasticity (RGPs) identified in the K. pneumoniae Kp13 chromosome

From: Comparative analysis of the complete genome of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Kp13 reveals remarkable genome plasticity and a wide repertoire of virulence and resistance mechanisms

Region

Coordinates

Length (kbp)

No. of CDSs

G + C%

Features

Best hit (% coverage, e-value)*

RGP1

748,751 – 764,155

15.4

17

59%

s.b.; dGC%; transposases

K. pneumoniae MGH 78578 (100%, 0.0)

RGP2

1,031,543 – 1,043,427

11.9

9

37%

s.b.; dGC%; phage; transposases

Enterobacter cloacae ATCC 13047 (10%, 0.0)

RGP3

1,294,343 – 1,335,472

41.1

55

52%

s.b.; dGC%; phage

Escherichia coli IHE3034 (23%, 0.0)

RGP4

1,444,954 – 1,481,531

36.6

36

50%

s.b.; dGC%; T6SS; tRNA; transposases

Salmonella enterica (55 %, 0.0)

RGP5

1,827,686 – 1,893,227

65.5

59

53%

s.b.; tRNA; dGC%; T4SS

Enterobacter hormaechei (93%, 0.0)

RGP6

2,056,825 – 2,088,335

31.5

35

52%

s.b.; T6SS; dGC%; transposases

K. pneumoniae NTUH-K2044 (85%, 0.0)

RGP7

2,278,838 – 2,293,758

14.9

17

46%

s.b.; dGC%; transposases

K. pneumoniae HS11286 (91%, 0.0)

RGP8

2,961,023 – 2,987,614

26.6

20

60%

s.b.; T6SS; dGC%

K. pneumoniae KCTC 2242 (98%, 0.0)

RGP9

3,155,750 – 3,244,119

88.4

111

52%

s.b.; dGC%; phage

K. pneumoniae MGH 78578 (29%, 0.0)

RGP10

3,425,935 – 3,436,504

10.6

9

48%

s.b.; dGC%; transposases

K. pneumoniae MGH 78578 (75%, 0.0)

RGP11

3,898,258 – 3,906,459

8.2

9

54%

s.b.; transposases

K. pneumoniae MGH 78578 (100%, 0.0)

RGP12

4,204,889 – 4,234,405

29.5

33

48%

s.b.; dGC%; tRNA; transposases

K. pneumoniae KCTC 2242 (43%, 0.0)

RGP13

4,660,071 – 4,695,371

35.3

32

50%

s.b.; dGC%; tRNA; transposases

K. pneumoniae KCTC 2242 (60%, 0.0)

  1. *BLASTN performed against the ‘nr’ database at the NCBI website; dGC%, deviation from mean chromosomal GC content; s.b., synteny break from at least one other compared K. pneumoniae; phage, probable bacteriophage region; tRNA, presence of flanking transfer RNAs; transposases, presence of transposase-related sequences; T4SS/T6SS, presence of, respectively, types IV/VI secretion systems.