TABLE 4.
Polymorphic nucleotide positions in the 16S rRNA genes (V1 through V3 region) of five genera in the order Rhizobiales (Agrobacterium, Brucella, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium, and Sinorhizobium)
| Species | 16S rRNA nucleotide at positiona:
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| 38′ | 42 | 43 | 50 | 51 | 55′ | 83 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 96′ | 102 | 104 | 106 | 108 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 130′ | 133 | 134 | 136 | 140′ | |
| A. rubi | A | T | C | G | A | T | T | C | C | A | A | C | C | G | T | G | T | T | G | A | A | T | C | A | C | C | A |
| A. tumefaciens | A | C | C | G | G | T | T | C | G | T | G | C | C | G | T | G | T | C | G | A | A | T | C | A | C | C | A |
| R. galegae | G | C | T | A | G | C | T | C | C | A | T | C | C | A | C | A | T | C | G | A | G | C | T | A | C | C | T |
| M. loti | G | C | T | A | G | C | T | C | C | A | T | C | T | A | C | A | T | C | G | A | G | C | T | A | C | T | T |
| A. vitis | G | C | T | A | G | C | T | C | G | T | A | C | C | A | T | G | T | C | G | A | A | T | T | A | C | C | T |
| A. rhizogenes | G | C | C | G | G | C | T | C | C | T | T | T | T | A | T | A | G | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | T | T | T |
| R. tropici | G | C | C | G | G | C | T | C | T | T | T | T | G | A | T | A | G | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | T | T | T |
| R. etli | G | C | C | G | G | C | C | G | C | T | T | T | A | A | T | A | G | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | T | C | T |
| R. leguminosarum | G | C | C | G | G | C | T | C | C | T | T | G | A | A | T | A | G | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | T | T | T |
| M. ciceri | G | C | C | G | G | C | T | C | C | A | T | C | T | A | C | A | T | C | G | A | G | C | T | A | C | T | T |
| S. meliloti | G | C | C | G | G | C | T | C | C | T | T | T | T | A | T | A | G | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | A | C | T |
| B. ovis | G | C | C | G | G | C | C | G | A | T | T | T | G | A | T | A | T | A | T | T | G | C | T | G | T | C | T |
a
Partition-specific nucleotide positions that were identified by the Stephens test are denoted by primes (38′, 55′, 96′, 130′, and 140′). Nucleotides shared between R. galegae and either A. rubi or M. loti are shown in boldface type.