VIM-encoding IncpSTY plasmids and chromosome-borne integrative and mobilizable elements (IMEs) and integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) in Pseudomonas

Table 1 Major features of the three Inc_pSTY plasmids analyzed

Plasmid	Accession number	Total length (bp)	Total number of ORFs	Mean G + C content (%)	Length of backbone (bp)	Accessory modules		bla_VIM	Host bacterium
Plasmid	Accession number	Total length (bp)	Total number of ORFs	Mean G + C content (%)	Length of backbone (bp)	Resistance	Non-resistance	bla_VIM	Host bacterium
pSTY	CP003962	321,653	355	56.8	210,612	paa region	ISPsp16, Tn6734, and Tn6603a	None	Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120
pJ20133-VIM	MN310371	255,073	298	56.5	168,325	MDR region	ISPpu22, ISPmo2, ISPmo3, ISPmo5, IS2000:P.ae.I3-like intron, and 11.5-kb Tn7-family transposon remnant	bla_VIM-2	P. monteilii J20133
p716811-VIM	MN310372	243,028	262	55.4	163,184	MDR region	ISPsy2, orf282 − to − orf237 region, and Tn6735	bla_VIM-2	P. putida 716,811

The Inc_pSTY-1 reference plasmid pSTY [28] from GenBank, and the Inc_pSTY-1 plasmid pJ20133-VIM plus the Inc_pSTY-2 reference plasmid p716811-VIM sequenced in this study were included in a detailed sequence comparison

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