Notice of RetractionGenomic Islands Analysis of Three Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Strains by Comparative Genomic Methods

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A Genomic island (GI) often encodes an integrase gene that specifies the island´s position in the host genome, which is part of a genome that has evidence of horizontal origins. GI can code for many functions, which can be involved in symbiosis or pathogenesis, and may help an organism´s adaptation. Many sub classes of GIs exist that are based on the function that they confer. GIs are frequently associated with microbial adaptations that are of medical and environmental interest, and they have had a substantial impact on bacterial evolution. Therefore, there is growing interest in efficiently identifying GIs in newly sequenced bacterial genomes. We compared and analyzed GIs of three Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains by comparative genomic methods and highlighted the difference between them, which provided a reference for further research on the biological characteristics of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.