Genomic Islands

Synonyms

Anchored Genomic Island

Anchored Genomic Islands

Genomic Island

Genomic Island, Anchored

Genomic Islands, Anchored

Genomic Islet

Genomic Islets

Island, Anchored Genomic

Island, Genomic

Island, Pathogenicity

Island, Symbiosis

Islands, Anchored Genomic

Islands, Genomic

Islands, Pathogenicity

Islands, Symbiosis

Islet, Genomic

Islet, Pathogenicity

Islet, Symbiosis

Islets, Genomic

Islets, Pathogenicity

Islets, Symbiosis

Pathogenicity Island

Pathogenicity Islands

Pathogenicity Islet

Pathogenicity Islets

Symbiosis Island

Symbiosis Islands

Symbiosis Islet

Symbiosis Islets

Distinct units in some bacterial, bacteriophage or plasmid GENOMES that are types of MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS. Encoded in them are a variety of fitness conferring genes, such as VIRULENCE FACTORS (in "pathogenicity islands or islets"), ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE genes, or genes required for SYMBIOSIS (in "symbiosis islands or islets"). They range in size from 10 - 500 kilobases, and their GC CONTENT and CODON usage differ from the rest of the genome. They typically contain an INTEGRASE gene, although in some cases this gene has been deleted resulting in "anchored genomic islands".