Examples
- The UPEC P. fimbriae island contains virulence factors such as haemolysin, pili, cytotoxic necrosing factor, and uropathogenic specific protein (USP).
- Yersinia pestis high pathogenicity island I has genes regulating iron uptake and storage.
- Salmonella SP1 and SP2 sites
- Rhodococcus equi virulence plasmid pathogenicity island encodes virulence factors for proliferation in macrophages.
- The SaPI family of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands, mobile genetic elements, encode superantigens, including the gene for toxic shock syndrome toxin, and are mobilized at high frequencies by specific bacteriophages.
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