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. 2006 Oct 13;188(24):8385–8394. doi: 10.1128/JB.01081-06

TABLE 3.

Percentages of nucleotide identity in the rRNA operon between B. holmesii and selected Bordetella species

Species % Nucleotide identity
16S rRNA ITS 23S rRNA
B. pertussis 99.7 99.6 97.2
B. bronchiseptica 99.4 96.4 96.6
B. avium 97.2 72.5 98.1