TABLE 3.
Molecular diversity of Bradyrhizobium nodulating soybean
| Group (no. of strains) | No. of seg. sitesa | h/Hdb | πc | πSd | πNe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-island genes | |||||
| B. japonicum (22) | 247 | 11/0.862 | 0.01794 | 0.06197 | 0.00299 |
| B. diazoefficiens (11) | 79 | 9/0.964 | 0.00669 | 0.02231 | 0.00140 |
| B. yuanmingense (10) | 214 | 8/0.956 | 0.01993 | 0.07080 | 0.00288 |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. III (8) | 44 | 6/0.929 | 0.00499 | 0.01530 | 0.00154 |
| B. elkanii (10) | 136 | 6/0.844 | 0.01663 | 0.05631 | 0.00322 |
| Island genes | |||||
| B. japonicum (22) | 18 | 11/0.883 | 0.00072 | 0.00182 | 0.00038 |
| B. diazoefficiens (11) | 10 | 6/0.873 | 0.00075 | 0.00176 | 0.00041 |
| B. yuanmingense (10) | 144 | 8/0.956 | 0.00810 | 0.02257 | 0.00311 |
| Bradyrhizobium sp. III (8) | 22 | 5/0.786 | 0.00144 | 0.00180 | 0.00132 |
| B. elkanii (10) | 1 | 2/0.200 | 0.00005 | 0.00018 | 0 |
a
seg. sites, segregating sites calculated with all genes used in this study.
b
Haplotype number (h) and haplotype diversity (Hd).
c
π, average number of nucleotide differences per site between two sequences.
d
πS, nucleotide diversity for synonymous substitutions (dS).
e
πN, nucleotide diversity for nonsynonymous substitutions (dN).