TABLE 1.
Comparison of microcystin synthetase genes and polypeptides from Anabaena strain 90 with those sequenced from other cyanobacteriaa
| Strain | % Identity of DNA/% identity of amino acids (mol% G + C)
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |
| M. aeruginosa PCC7806 | 69/68 (41) | 72/69 (39) | 74/73 (37) | 72/69 (40) | 75/74 (39) | 71/65 (38) | 74/71 (38) | 74/70 (35) | 74/71 (40) | 79/80 (39) |
| M. aeruginosa K-139 | 69/68 (41) | 71/69 (39) | 74/73 (37) | 72/69 (40) | 75/75 (39) | 71/65 (37) | 74/71 (38) | 74/70 (36) | 74/72 (39) | |
| M. aeruginosa UV027 | 69/68 (41) | 73/71 (39) | 74/73 (37) | |||||||
| P. agardhii CYA126/8 | 67/66 (45) | 72/70 (39) | 80/79 (35) | 77/73 (38) | 78/77 (38) | 77/74 (38) | 78/75 (35) | 81/82 (37) | ||
| Anabaena strain 90 (mol% G+C) | 41 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 39 |