Burkholderia pseudomallei genome plasticity associated with genomic island variation

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Distribution of islands in sequenced B. pseudomallei strains

BP strain	Origin	GI 2	GI 6	GI 9	GI 11	GI 16
K96243	Thailand	+	+	+	+	+
406e	Thailand	-	-	-	-	+/- (BPSS2060 to BPSS2076)
1106a†	Thailand	-	-	-*	Alt	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
1106b†	Thailand	-	-	-*	Alt	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
1710a†	Thailand	-	-	-	-	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
1710b†	Thailand	-	-	-	-	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
Pasteur 6068	Vietnam	+	-	-	-	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
S13	Singapore	+	-	-	-	+/- (BPSS2057 to BPSS2076)
668	Australia	-	-	-	-	-
1655	Australia	- *	-	-	-	+ *

† Strain pairs 1106a & 1106b, and 1710a and 1710b were obtained from two patients who each relapsed (from a persistent focus) 3 years after the primary episode of melioidosis. 'a' denotes primary isolate and 'b' denotes relapse isolate.
- Island absent; + Island present; +/- Island partially present (CDSs missing); -* Island absent at the site of insertion but similar region present elsewhere in the genome; +* Island present and contains extra sequence; Alt Alternative island present at this site (no sequence similarity)

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