TABLE 2.

gyrB gene sequence similarity and divergence^a of each pair for E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, and Yersinia calculated by DNASTAR

Strain no.	Strain name	% Similarity with strain no.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	E. coli ATCC25922		91.3	91.0	91.0	91.1	90.9	98.0	97.8	98.1	89.2	89.2	89.2	89.3	80.4
2	S. enterica serovar Enteritidis P1	9.2		98.2	98.1	97.9	98.0	91.4	91.1	91.2	89.7	89.1	89.5	90.4	79.4
3	S. enterica serovar Paratyphi A P 1	9.5	1.8		98.5	97.9	98.0	90.9	90.7	90.9	89.8	88.9	89.6	90.2	79.2
4	S. enterica serovar Paratyphi B ATCC 8759	9.5	1.9	1.5		98.9	99.2	90.9	91.1	90.9	90.3	89.1	89.7	90.6	79.3
5	S. enterica serovar Typhi P1	9.4	2.2	2.1	1.1		99.0	90.7	90.9	90.7	90.2	88.8	89.7	90.7	79.8
6	S. enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 14028	9.6	2.0	1.9	0.8	1.0		90.9	91.1	90.9	90.3	89.5	89.5	90.8	79.7
7	S. boydii P1	2.0	9.1	9.6	9.6	9.9	9.7		98.7	99.1	89.5	89.2	89.0	89.1	80.4
8	S. flexneri ATCC 12022	2.3	9.5	10.0	9.5	9.7	9.5	1.3		98.4	89.5	89.2	89.3	89.0	80.8
9	S. sonnei ATCC 11060	1.9	9.4	9.6	9.6	9.9	9.7	0.9	1.6		89.5	89.4	88.9	89.2	80.5
10	E. aerogenes ATCC 13048	11.7	11.1	10.8	10.4	10.4	10.3	11.4	11.3	11.4		88.3	91.3	93.4	79.2
11	E. cloacae ATCC 13047T	11.4	11.9	12.0	11.9	12.2	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.2	12.7		87.8	87.6	80.0
12	K. oxytoca P1	11.4	11.2	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.2	11.6	11.3	11.6	9.3	13.3		89.7	79.5
13	K. pneumoniae P1	11.6	10.4	10.5	10.1	10.0	9.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	6.8	13.5	11.2		79.0
14	Y. enterocolitica ATCC 23715	21.2	22.9	23.3	23.3	22.4	22.5	21.6	21.1	21.3	23.3	22.1	22.7	23.7

^aPercent divergence is calculated by comparing sequence pairs in relation to the phylogeny reconstructed by MegAlign (DNASTAR). Percent similarity compares sequences directly without accounting for phylogenetic relationships.