FIG. 1.

Partial alignments of inferred amino acid sequences of the large subunit of CO dehydrogenase (coxL) and putative coxL. Regions targeted for PCR primer design are indicated by horizontal bars. Regions with similar sequences are indicated with shaded boxes. Abbreviations: Ms. loti, Mesorhizobium loti; Srhz. meliloti, Sinorhizobium meliloti; Ralst. sol., Ralstonia solanacearum; Ralst. eutropha, Ralstonia eutropha; Burk. fungorum, Burkholderia fungorum; Hydr. pseudoflv., Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava; Pseud. carbox., Pseudomonas thermocarboxydovorans; Oligotrph. carb., Oligotropha carboxidovorans; Myco. tuberc., Mycobacterium tuberculosis.