Table 4.
Maximum identities of mam gene sequences between MTB isolated in this study and known magnetotactic Magnetospirillum species
| Strain | % maximum identity (% length of gene recovered)a |
Strain sharing maximum identityb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mamA | mamB | mamK | mamM | mamO | mamP | mamQ | mamT | ||
| LM-1 | 68.51 (99.5) | 74.97 (100) | ND | ND | ND | 75.39 (90.9) | 66.11 (94.1) | ND | MSR-1 |
| LM-2 | 100 (80.6) | 99.87 (86.8) | 100 (83.2) | 100 (86.9) | 99.94 (92.4) | 99.87 (94.6) | 100 (87.7) | 100 (79.8) | MSR-1 |
| LM-4 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 73.9 (82.7) | AMB-1 |
| LM-5 | 99.62 (78.8) | 98.94 (74.0) | 99.54 (83.0) | 99.57 (72.2) | 99.10 (92.6) | 98.98 (95.2) | 99.15 (86.2) | 99.51 (77.9) | AMB-1 |
| CB-1 | 100 (79.7) | 99.49 (87.3) | 99.44 (85.2) | 99.72 (74.9) | 99.27 (92.6) | 99.48 (92.9) | 99.15 (86.0) | 99.29 (80.2) | AMB-1 |
| UT-1 | 100 (80.1) | 99.87 (86.2) | 99.89 (85.5) | 100 (87.8) | 99.83 (92.1) | 100 (94.5) | 100 (86.2) | 100 (79.8) | MSR-1 |
| UT-2 | 81.82 (78.7) | ND | ND | ND | 78.08 (92.1) | 81.6 (97.8) | ND | ND | AMB-1 |
| UT-4 | 81.21 (79.1) | ND | ND | ND | 78.18 (92.2) | 81.4 (97.8) | ND | ND | AMB-1 |
| KR-1 | 96.95 (80.6) | 96.64 (86.5) | 97.62 (80.5) | 95.87 (88.4) | 98.75 (92.9) | 96.10 (94.7) | 97.32 (86.7) | 98.36 (81.9) | MSR-1 |
| CC-2 | 100 (79.1) | 99.74 (87.3) | 99.54 (83.0) | 99.66 (91.5) | 99.21 (92.7) | 99.49 (94.7) | 99.00 (85.6) | 99.72 (67.8) | AMB-1 |
| LEMS | 90.48 (86.1) | 91.59 (85.1) | 93.36 (83.7) | 93.76 (92.4) | 95.46 (92.8) | 89.48 (94.8) | 92.79 (88.0) | 92.06 (81.9) | MSR-1 |
| NML-1 | 92.03 (82.9) | 94.45 (70.6) | 91.30 (84.3) | 96.63 (80.6) | 91.83 (91.7) | 89.11 (65.5) | 91.45 (88.6) | 87.57 (72.6) | AMB-1 |
| SS-4 | 92.27 (81.5) | 95.43 (85.9) | 91.10 (76.1) | 96.14 (92.0) | 92.16 (93.1) | 87.52 (93.5) | 90.77 (86.0) | 88.33 (80.0) | AMB-1 |
a
Values in parentheses represent the percentages of the lengths of the genes recovered with degenerate primers.
b
Indicates the species with the maximum identity of mam gene sequences.