Table 4. Closest matches of Clusters of Bacillus sp. with known Bacillus sp. on the basis of restriction enzyme pattern analysis.
| Bacillus sp. | Restriction enzyme | No. of Best matches | ||||||
| BfaI | DpnII | RsaI | Tru9I | AluI | HaeIII | Bacillus spp. | Uniquea | |
| Cluster 1 (22) b | B. sphaericus | unique | B. licheniformisB. subtilis | B. licheniformis | unique | B. sphaericusB. halodurans | 4 | 2 |
| Cluster 2 (12) | B. halodurans | B. clausii | B. megaterium | unique | unique | Unique | 3 | 3 |
| Cluster 3 (18) | B. halodurans | unique | B. megaterium | B. haloduransB. clausii | unique | Unique | 3 | 3 |
| Cluster 4 (22) | B. megaterium | unique | B. anthracisB. cereusB. thuringiensis | B. licheniformisB. megateriumB. licheniformis | unique | B. sphaericusB. haloduransB. megaterium | 7 | 2 |
| Cluster 5 (32) | B. megaterium | unique | B. sphaericusB. licheniformis | B. licheniformisB. megateriumB. sphaericus | B. megateriumunique | Unique | 3 | 3 |
| Cluster 6 (7) | Unique | unique | B. megateriumB. clausii | unique | unique | Unique | 2 | 5 |
| Cluster 7 (37) | B. subtilisB. megaterium | unique | B. anthracisB. cereusB. thuringiensis | B. licheniformisB. megateriumB. sphaericus | unique | B. licheniformisB. subtilisB. pumilus | 8 | 2 |
| Cluster 8 (28) | B. pumilusB. megateriumB. licheniformisB. subtilis | B. sphaericus | B. megaterium | B. licheniformis B. megateriumB. sphaericus | unique | Unique | 5 | 2 |
| Cluster 9 (25) | B. licheniformisB. pumilusB. megaterium | B. sphaericus | B. megateriumB. clausii | B. licheniformis B. megateriumB. sphaericus | unique | unique | 5 | 2 |
| Cluster 10 (25) | B. sphaericus | unique | unique | B. licheniformisB. sphaericusB. megaterium | unique | unique | 3 | 4 |
| Cluster 11 | All were designatedc | |||||||
a
Did not match with any of the known RE patterns of the Bacillus sp. used in this study.
b
Number of 16S rDNA sequences of Bacillus sp.
c
Cluster 11 constituted of members of known species such as: Anoxybacillus and Geobacillus.