TABLE 2.
Levels of 16S rRNA sequence similarity between C. riegelii sp. nov. and other Corynebacterium species
| Species (EMBL accession no.)a | % 16S rRNA sequence similarity with C. riegelii sp. nov. |
|---|---|
| C. accolens (X80500) | 94.7 |
| “C. acetoacidophilum” (X84240) | 93.1 |
| C. afermentans subsp. afermentans (X82054) | 96.4 |
| C. ammoniagenes (X84440) | 94.0 |
| C. amycolatum (X84244) | 94.7 |
| C. argentoratense (X83955) | 94.6 |
| C. auris (X82493) | 95.5 |
| C. bovis (X84444) | 92.5 |
| C. callunae (X84251) | 93.3 |
| “C. camporrealensis” (Y09569) | 93.2 |
| C. coyleae (X96497) | 96.9 |
| C. cystitidis (X84252) | 93.3 |
| C. diphtheriae (X84248) | 94.6 |
| “C. fastidiosum” (X84245) | 94.1 |
| C. flavescens (X84441) | 93.5 |
| “C. genitalium” (X84253) | 96.9 |
| C. glucuronolyticum (X86688) | 92.1 |
| C. glutamicum (X84257) | 92.9 |
| C. imitans (Y09044) | 96.0 |
| C. jeikeium (X84250) | 93.9 |
| C. kutscheri (X81871) | 94.2 |
| C. lipophiloflavum (Y09045) | 96.3 |
| C. macginleyi (X80499) | 94.6 |
| C. mastitidis (Y09806) | 93.7 |
| C. matruchotii (X84443) | 93.6 |
| C. minutissimum (X84678) | 94.5 |
| C. mucifaciens (Y11200) | 96.4 |
| C. mycetoides (X84241) | 95.9 |
| C. pilosum (X84246) | 94.0 |
| C. propinquum (X84438) | 94.2 |
| C. pseudodiphtheriticum (X84258) | 94.0 |
| “C. pseudogenitalium” (X81872) | 96.4 |
| C. pseudotuberculosis (X84255) | 94.3 |
| C. renale (X84249) | 94.7 |
| “C. segmentosum” (X84437) | 94.0 |
| C. striatum (X84442) | 93.9 |
| “C. tuberculostearicum” (X84247) | 94.1 |
| C. ulcerans (X84256) | 94.2 |
| C. urealyticum (X84439) | 93.4 |
| C. variabilis (X53185) | 93.6 |
| C. vitarumen (X84680) | 93.8 |
| C. xerosis (X84446) | 94.0 |
a
The numbers in parentheses are EMBL 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence accession numbers.