TABLE 3.

Comparison of nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities for EF-Tu among different Bifidobacterium strains^a

Strain no.	Strain	% Sequence identity for strain no.:
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	DSM 10140		90	90	97	91	91	95	89	91
2	ATCC 15697	92		97	90	95	91	91	96	09
3	ATCC 15707	92	99		90	94	90	91	100	89
4	ATCC 25527	99	93	93		91	91	95	89	91
5	ATCC 29521	95	96	96	95		90	91	94	89
6	ATCC 15703	93	93	93	93	91		91	90	94
7	ATCC 15700	97	95	94	98	93	94		91	91
8	NCC 2705	93	99	100	93	96	93	94		89
9	DSM 20103	93	91	91	93	92	93	93	91

^aData in the upper right triangle represent DNA sequence identities of the tuf genes in Bifidobacterium strains, while data in the lower left triangle represent deduced amino acid sequence identities of the corresponding EF-Tu proteins.