TABLE 4.
Nucleic acid and amino acid similarities of nirK gene fragments from denitrifying bacteria
| Organism (EMBL accession no.) | % Similaritya to:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| 1. Alcaligenes faecalis S-6 (D13155) | 84.4 | 64.5 | 78.7 | 62.4 | 79.4 | 66.0 | 67.4 | 66.7 | 82.3 | 84.4 | 84.4 | 68.8 | 100.0 | 71.6 | |
| 2. Achromobacter cycloclastes (Z48635) | 79.8 | 63.8 | 80.8 | 67.4 | 78.0 | 68.8 | 69.5 | 67.4 | 81.6 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 68.8 | 84.4 | 69.5 | |
| 3. Pseudomonas aureofaciens (Z21945) | 67.3 | 68.7 | 65.2 | 66.0 | 65.2 | 82.3 | 80.8 | 78.7 | 68.1 | 63.1 | 63.1 | 70.9 | 64.5 | 68.1 | |
| 4. Pseudomonas sp. strain G-179 (M97294) | 75.5 | 78.6 | 67.5 | 65.2 | 76.6 | 66.7 | 68.8 | 66.7 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 64.5 | 78.7 | 72.3 | |
| 5. Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3 (U62291) | 67.3 | 72.5 | 71.5 | 68.5 | 66.7 | 70.2 | 70.2 | 68.1 | 68.1 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 83.0 | 62.4 | 68.1 | |
| 6. Rhizobium “hedysari” HCNT1 (U65658) | 74.6 | 73.2 | 64.7 | 73.9 | 66.3 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 66.0 | 81.6 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 67.4 | 79.4 | 73.8 | |
| 7. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans NCIMB 11015 (AJ224905) | 68.0 | 74.8 | 80.9 | 70.1 | 75.8 | 66.6 | 95.7 | 92.2 | 69.5 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 73.0 | 66.0 | 69.5 | |
| 8. Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans DSM 30026 (AJ224904) | 69.6 | 73.9 | 77.2 | 70.1 | 75.5 | 65.6 | 91.3 | 95.0 | 71.6 | 67.4 | 67.4 | 73.0 | 67.4 | 71.6 | |
| 9. Alcaligenes sp. strain DSM 30128 (AJ224903) | 68.7 | 73.4 | 79.3 | 68.2 | 75.1 | 65.6 | 89.9 | 89.9 | 70.9 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 70.9 | 66.7 | 71.6 | |
| 10. Hyphomicrobium zavarzinii IFAM-622T (AJ224902) | 76.9 | 79.8 | 68.7 | 76.5 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 70.6 | 70.8 | 69.9 | 85.1 | 85.1 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 71.6 | |
| 11. Rhizobium meliloti 20115 | 78.3 | 80.9 | 66.8 | 76.2 | 71.7 | 75.8 | 73.6 | 72.5 | 72.7 | 81.4 | 100.0 | 68.1 | 84.4 | 72.3 | |
| 12. Rhizobium meliloti Rm1021 (AJ224909) | 78.3 | 80.9 | 66.8 | 76.2 | 71.7 | 75.8 | 73.6 | 72.5 | 72.7 | 81.4 | 100.0 | 68.1 | 84.4 | 72.3 | |
| 13. Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans (AJ224908) | 68.5 | 72.2 | 73.4 | 68.0 | 84.7 | 67.8 | 76.5 | 75.3 | 73.6 | 70.6 | 73.5 | 73.5 | 68.8 | 67.4 | |
| 14. Ochrobactrum anthropi LMG 2136 (AJ2249057) | 99.5 | 80.0 | 67.5 | 75.8 | 67.5 | 74.6 | 68.2 | 69.9 | 68.7 | 77.4 | 78.1 | 78.1 | 68.5 | 71.6 | |
| 15. Blastobacter denitrificans IFAM 1005 (AJ224906) | 73.2 | 73.6 | 70.3 | 70.3 | 70.3 | 68.7 | 76.0 | 76.7 | 74.6 | 74.6 | 74.1 | 74.1 | 70.6 | 73.4 | |
a
Values in the upper right are levels of amino acid similarity, and those in the lower left are levels of nucleic acid similarity. Values are calculated from data obtained from the EMBL nucleotide sequence database by using the GAP program for the similarity of nucleic acids and by using the TREE program for the similarity of deduced amino acids.