Table 3. Whole genome nucleotide identity comparisons between N. limnia, N. maritimus, and C. symbiosum A.

Whole genome comparison	N. maritimus	C. symbiosum A
number of bases in corresponding regions	1,180,862	398,085
% identity of corresponding regions	76.3%	67.4%
whole genome average % identity*	68.1%	33.3%

*given 25% identity in non-corresponding regions