Table 2 Major features of the B. petrii genomic islands
Genomic islands (CDS) | Coordinates (size in bp) | Major features |
|---|---|---|
GI (Bpet0187-0310) | 201731..346691 (144961) | No integrase and direct repeats (DR) |
| Â | Â | Capsular polysaccharide genes |
| Â | Â | 2 autotransporters |
| Â | Â | Metabolism of phthalate and protocatechuate, urea amidohydrolase |
GI1 (Bpet1009-1275) | 1084007..1339483 (255477) | clc-like, integrase, DR (3' end of tRNAGly) |
| Â | Â | Metabolism of an unknown aromatic compound (Bpet1116-1123) |
GI2 (Bpet1288-1437) | 1350143..1493539 (143397) | clc-like, integrase, DR (3' end of tRNAGly) |
| Â | Â | Metabolism of benzoate, benzylalcohol, 3-hydroxybenzoate, putative monooxygenase (Bpet1330) |
| Â | Â | Putative (chloro)phenol monooxygenase (Bpet1331) |
| Â | Â | nitrile hydratase (Bpet1415-1416) |
GI3 (Bpet1438-1545) | 1493557..1595653 (102110) | Almost identical to the clc element, integrase, DR (3' end of tRNAGly) |
| Â | Â | Metabolism of chlorocatechol, anthranilate |
| Â | Â | Short chain dehydrogenase (Bpet1512) |
GI4 (Bpet2166-2216) | 2250672..2297721 (47176) | Tn4371-like, integrase, (T)6 DR |
GI5 (Bpet3699-3770) | 3912214..3979917 (67704) | Integrase, features of conjugative transposons |
| Â | Â | Metabolism of chlorocatechol (2 gene clusters), tetrachlorobenzene |
| Â | Â | 4 glutathione S-transferase (Bpet3724-3727) |
GI6 (Bpet4174-4316) | 4417761..4576856 (159096) | clc-like, integrase, DR (3' end of tRNAGly) |
| Â | Â | Multidrug efflux pump |
| Â | Â | Iron transport system. |
GI7 (Bpet4544-4630) | 4804478..4893272 (88795) | Integrase, DR (3' end of tRNAPhe), features of conjugative transposons |
| Â | Â | Several heavy metal resistance systems |