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. 1998 Oct;180(19):5003–5009. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5003-5009.1998

TABLE 3.

Detection of C. symbiosum variants in natural populations of A. mexicana

A. mexicana individual or isolated DNA sourcea Variation in 16S rDNA positionsb
Variation in 23S rRNA hybridizationc
175 183.7 Variant type A Variant type B
Fosmid 101G10 from s12 U U +
Fosmid 60A5 from s12 C C +
s12 Y Y + +
s1 d + +
s2 + +
s3 Y Y + +
s4 U U + w
s5 Y Y
s6 Y Y + +
s7 + w
s8 Y Y + +
s9 Y Y + w
s10 + +
s11 Y Y + +
s13 + +
s14 w
s16 + +
s17 w
s18 Y Y w
s19 + +
s20 + +
s21 + +
s22 + +
s23 + +
s24 + +
s25 + +
s26 + +
s27 + +
s28 + +
s29 +
s30 + +
hs1 + +
hs2 + +
hs3 Y Y + w
hs4 Y Y + w
hs5 Y Y + +
hh1 w w
hh2 Y Y + +
hh3 Y Y + +
Aq1 Y Y
Aq2 Y Y
Aq3 + +
a

Prefixes: s, Naples Reef; hs, Haskle Reef; hh, Hermit Hole; Aq, captive sponge. 

b

Y, direct sequence of PCR product yields C and U at the same position. 

c

+, positive; −, negative; w, weakly positive. 

d

—, not determined.