TABLE 2.
Levels of sequence similarity and numbers of nucleotide differences for 16-23S rDNAs of various Xanthomonas species and strains
| Organism | % Sequence similarity or no. of nucleotide differencesa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X. axonopodis pv. citrumelo F1 | X. axonopodis pv. vesicatoria | X. axonopodis pv. aurantifolii X84 | X. axonopodis pv. aurantifolii X341 | X. axonopodis pv. citri MA | X. axonopodis pv. citri LW | X. axonopodis pv. citri MI | X. compestris pv. campestris | X. gardneri | |
| X. axonopodis pv. citrumelo F1 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 98.8 | 98.8 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. vesicatoria | 4 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.5 | 99.0 | 99.0 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. aurantifolii X84 | 9 | 5 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 98.8 | 98.8 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. aurantifolii X341 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 99.3 | 99.3 | 99.2 | 98.7 | 98.7 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. citri MA | 13 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 99.1 | 99.0 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. citri LW | 13 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 99.7 | 99.1 | 99.0 | |
| X. axonopodis pv. citri MI | 15 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 99.0 | 98.9 | |
| X. campestris pv. campestris | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 99.8 | |
| X. gardneri | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 4 | |
a
The values on the upper right are levels of sequence similarity, expressed as percentages; the values on the lower left are numbers of nucleotide differences.