TABLE 4.

16S rRNA gene sequence comparison between the C. freneyi ISPB 6695110 type strain and the 18 clinical strains

Alignment position	Position in C. freneyi	Base in C. freneyi	Event in comparison to C. freneyi result	No. of bases in the majority of the 18 clinical strains	No. of bases in the minority of the 18 clinical strainsa
19	19	T	Point mutation	16 C	2 T (2586, 3526)
72	Between 71 and 72		Insertion	18 C
94	Between 92 and 93		Insertion	18 C
138	141	G	Point mutation	15 G	3 A (3077, 3297, 3437)
180	178	T	Point mutation	17 T	1 A (3296)
304	Between 301 and 302		Insertion	18 A
926	923	C	Point mutation	17 T	1 Y (22)
929	926	G	Point mutation	14 C	3 S (22, 3008, 3034), 1 G (3297)
930	927	G	Point mutation	14 C	2 G (22, 3297), 2 S (3008, 3034)
931	928	C	Point mutation	14 G	3 C (3008, 3034, 3297), 1 S (22)
940	937	K	Point mutation	14 T	3 G (3008, 3034, 3297), 1 K (22)
941	938	T	Point mutation	14 G	3 K (22, 3008, 3034), 1 T (3297)
942	939	C	Point mutation	14 G	2 C (3034, 3297), 2 S (22, 3008)
943	940	C	Point mutation	18 T
1055	1052	G	Point mutation	13 G	3 T (3077, 3297, 3437), 2 K (22, 3296)
1341	1338	T	Deletion

^aNumbers in parentheses represent strain designations.