FIG. 1.

Taxonomy of putative P. agglomerans isolates based on 16S rRNA gene sequences retrieved from GenBank under the currently accepted species name or under the old basonyms Enterobacter agglomerans and Erwinia herbicola. Out of a total of 331 complete or partial sequences found, 263 could be aligned over their 1,240-bp central region resulting in a minimum evolution tree. For the analysis, gaps and missing data were eliminated only in pairwise sequence comparisons, resulting in a total of 1,114 positions. Nodal supports were assessed by 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Only bootstrap values greater than 50% are shown. The scale bar represents the number of base substitutions per site. The number of “P. agglomerans” sequences clustering with a given reference strain in shown in parentheses. Reference strains and clades containing reference strains are marked in bold, and the corresponding accession numbers are indicated between brackets. For the genus Erwinia the following reference strains were used: E. persicina HK204 [NR_026049.1], E. rhapontici 2OP2 [FJ595873], E. billingiae Eb661 [AM055711], E. tasmaniensis Et2/99 [AM292080], and E. amylovora FAW 23482 [AY456711].