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. 2012 Oct;78(20):7238–7248. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01951-12

Table 3.

16S rRNA sequence identity between the newly isolated MTB and the known magnetotactic Magnetospirillum speciesa

Strain % identity with strain:
MSR-1 AMB-1 MS-1
LM-1 90.35 91.02 90.01
LM-2 99.79 96.03 94.85
LM-4 96.51 95.75 94.59
LM-5 96.93 95.48 94.52
CB-1 95.61 98.95 98.02
UT-1 99.72 96.09 94.93
UT-2 94.94 94.46 93.49
UT-4 95.34 95.13 94.1
KR-1 97.28 95.68 94.73
CC-2 96.03 99.37 98.16
LEMS 96.15 96.58 95.63
NML-1 96.44 97.34 96.39
SS-4 96.65 97.62 96.68
MSR-1 95.97 94.86
AMB-1 95.97 97.95
MS-1 94.86 97.95
a

MSR-1 represents M. gryphiswaldense (35), AMB-1 represents M. magneticum (31), and MS-1 represents M. magnetotacticum (30). Values in boldface type indicate the highest percent sequence identity shared between the new MTB and known magnetotactic Magnetospirillum species.