| Feature |
Relation with genomic islands (GIs) |
Feature value obtained |
| IVOM |
GIs have higher IVOM scores (i.e., sequence composition bias) |
AlienHunter |
| tRNA |
GIs are flanked by RNA genes |
Functional annotation |
| Phage |
GIs may contain phage-related genes |
Functional annotation |
| Integrase |
GIs may contain integrase genes |
Functional annotation |
| Transposase |
GIs may contain transposase genes |
Functional annotation |
| Highly expressed gene |
GIs may not contain highly expressed genes |
Functional annotation |
| Gene density |
GIs have lower gene densities |
Genome sequence |
| Average intergenic distance |
GIs have higher inter-genic gene distance |
Genome sequence |
