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. 2012 Feb 17;7(2):e30621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030621

Table 3. Summary of K2P genetic p-distances (%) within different taxonomic levels.

16S Cyt b 18S
Comparisons within Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
species 0.27 0.05 0.78 0.11 0.16 0.02
genus 2.38 0.36 10.52 0.32 0.54 0.29
family 4.39 0.42 15.24 0.61 4.21 0.08
order 11.82 0.85 - 6.72 0.17

Values are calculated from DNA partial sequences of mitochondrial 16S rRNA (16S; n = 281), cytochrome b (cyt b; n = 124), and nuclear ribosomal 18S rRNA (16S; n = 276).