TABLE 6.

Statistical analysis of multilocus linkage disequilibrium for the two Bacillus taxa

Isolate	No. of isolates	VE	95% confidence limits of VEa	VO	P valueb	IA ± SE
All isolates
B. thuringiensis + B. cereus	198	1.154	0.942-1.365	1.658	<0.001	0.437 ± 0.092
B. thuringiensis	98	1.132	0.835-1.428	2.004	<0.001	0.771 ± 0.131
Site F	48	0.715	0.446-0.984	0.827	NS	0.157 ± 0.188
Site S	50	1.211	0.774-1.647	3.160	<0.001	1.610 ± 0.180
B. cereus	100	1.096	0.809-1.382	1.408	<0.05	0.286 ± 0.131
Site F	50	0.885	0.567-1.203	1.119	NS	0.265 ± 0.180
Site S	50	1.162	0.739-1.585	1.570	NS	0.351 ± 0.182
Unique ETs/HTs
B. thuringiensis + B. cereus	91	1.145	0.831-1.459	1.439	NS	0.257 ± 0.137
B. thuringiensis	35	1.184	0.671-1.697	1.785	<0.01	0.507 ± 0.217
Site F	18	1.005	0.387-1.624	1.534	NS	0.526 ± 0.308
Site S	17	1.180	0.446-1.914	2.106	<0.05	0.785 ± 0.311
B. cereus	56	0.891	0.589-1.194	1.065	NS	0.195 ± 0.170
Site F	29	0.772	0.392-1.153	0.960	NS	0.243 ± 0.246
Site S	30	0.933	0.597-1.359	1.113	NS	0.194 ± 0.228

^aCalculated as described by Brown et al. (1).

^bProbability of observing a V_O/V_E ratio as extreme as or more extreme than the original data, based on randomization. NS, nonsignificant (P > 0.05).