Genomic islands from five strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei

BMC Genomics

Table 3 GIs located next to tRNA genes in five B. pseudomallei strains.

	GIs	GIs located next to tRNA genes					tRNA-SSR
		K96243	1710b	1106a	MSHR668	MSHR305
Chromosome 1	GI1a				X
	GI2	X					tRNA-Phe
	GI4	X					tRNA-Met
	GI4.1		X				tRNA-Met
	GI4.2			X			tRNA-Met
	GI4.3				X
	GI4.4					X	tRNA-Met
	GI5	X					tRNA-Leu
	GI5a		X
	GI5a.1			X	X
	GI5a.2					X
	GI6b		X				tRNA-Pro
	GI7	X
	GI7.1		X				tRNA-Arg
	GI7.2			X
	GI7.3				X		tRNA-Arg
	GI7.4					X
	GI8d					X	tRNA-Cys
	GI9	X					tRNA-Ser
	GI9a				X
	GI9b				X		tRNA-Gly
	GI9c				X		tRNA-Pro
	GI9c.1					X	tRNA-Pro
	GI10	X			X		tRNA-Thr
	GI10.1		X
	GI10.2			X			tRNA-Thr
	GI10.3					X	tRNA-Thr
	GI11	X					tRNA-Ala
	GI11.1			X
	GI11.2					X	tRNA-Ala
	GI12	X					tRNA-Arg
	GI12.1		X
	GI12.2			X
	GI12.3				X		tRNA-Arg
	GI12.4					X
Chromosome 2	GI13	X					tRNA-Ser
	GI13.1		X
	GI13.2			X
	GI13.3				X
	GI13.4					X
	GI15d					X

Note: The specific tRNA genes that facilitate tRNA-site specific recombination (tRNA-SSR) at some of these genomic locations are listed. In many cases tRNA-SSR (bold) has facilitated the insertion of multiple, distinct GIs in different strains at the same genomic location.

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