TABLE 4.

Intraspecies comparison of DNA sequence identity as determined by the BLAST algorithm for diverse E. coli, Salmonella, and E. carotovora subsp. carotovora strains for the malate dehydrogenase gene (mdh) and the aconitase gene (acnA)^a

Taxon	% Identity (no. of strains) for:
	mdh	acnA
E. coli	99-100 (50)	95-100 (30)
Salmonella	95-100 (30)	90-100 (4)
E. carotovora subsp. carotovora WPP strains	90-100 (23)	80-100 (23)

^aSee reference 1.