Table 3.

Similarity between 16S rRNA genes of BKBLC 2156 from the patient's culture and Paenibacillus type strains.

BKBLC2156 clones	Similarity to type strain sequences in 16S rRNA gene database
	P. thiaminolyticusa		P. popilliaeb		P. alveic
	AJ320490d	AB073197	AB073198	AF071859	AJ320491	AB073200
1	0.963	0.975	0.974	0.956	<0.770	<0.770
2	0.958	0.974	0.968	0.950	<0.770	<0.770
3	0.962	0.977	0.972	0.955	<0.770	<0.770
5	0.964	0.977	0.970	0.955	<0.770	<0.770
6	0.960	0.973	0.973	0.957	<0.770	<0.770
7	0.960	0.973	0.973	0.956	<0.770	<0.770
8	0.957	0.972	0.965	0.955	<0.770	<0.770
9	0.960	0.976	0.968	0.950	<0.770	<0.770
10	0.962	0.977	0.970	0.952	<0.770	<0.770
11	0.964	0.980	0.973	0.954	<0.770	<0.770
12	0.955	0.970	0.961	0.954	<0.770	<0.770

^aFrom type strain DSM7262.

^bFrom type strain ATCC14706.

^cFrom type strain DSM29.

^dGenBank accession number.

Highest similarity is highlighted in boldface type.

AJ320490 and AB073197 contain 4 and 2 ambiguous nucleotides (N), respectively. They are otherwise identical.