TABLE 1.

DNA relatedness of E. persicinus strains examined in this study

Strain	Source	Sender	% Relatedness of strain 9108-82T
			At 60°C	Da	At 75°C
Erwinia persicinus CDC 9108-82T (ATCC 35998T, HK 204T)	Tomato	K. Komagata, Japan	100	0.0	100
E. persicinus CDC 9107-82 (HK 203)	Tomato	K. Komagata, Japan	100	1.5	98
E. persicinus CDC 9109-82 (HK 205)	Tomato	K. Komagata, Japan	97	1	91
E. persicinus CDC 9106-82 (HK 201)	Cucumber	K. Komagata, Japan	88	6.0	79
E. persicinus CDC 9105-82 (HK 200)	Banana	K. Komagata, Japan	81	5.0	76
E. persicinus CDC 4073-83	Urine	Texas State Health Department	95	3.5	86
E. persicinus CDC 839-82	Tuna fish	F. Untermann, Germany	93	3.5	87
E. rhapontici ATCC 29283T			62	10
E. rhapontici ER 106			50	10
P. agglomerans 5422-69			49	10.5

^aD, divergence, calculated to the nearest 0.5%.