Table 4.

DNA–DNA hybridization used to classify strains of groups 217, 231, 255, 245 and 251

Source of unlabelled DNA	DNA–DNA relatedness (%) with labelled DNA from strain:
	217			231			255			245			251
	55 °C	D	70 °C	55 °C	D	70 °C	55 °C	D	70 °C	55 °C	D	70 °C	55 °C	D	70 °C
217 group (S. lactis)
217	100	0	100	21			15			3
233	80	3	76	26
231 group (S. daejeonense)
215	28			88	3	85
231	29			100	0	100	2			3
255 group ([E. meningoseptica] UB group II: 3)
111							81
113							81
114	4						82	1	78	68	5.5	47
252							100	0.5	100	65	6.5	38
253							100	0.5	100	63	6.5	49
255							100	0	100	65	6	43	71	4	52
245 group ([E. meningoseptica] UB group II: 1)
245							65	6	37	100	0	100	61	6	41
246										95	1	89
247										90	1	77
248										83	1	73
249										90	1	85
251 group ([E. meningoseptica] UB group II: 2)
251							71	4	52	61	6	41	100	0	100
254										67	5.5	51	95	1.5	100
258										63	6	49	93	0	96
123 group (C. ureilyticum)
123	3						17			13			15
153	3						12			13			18
259 group ([E. meningoseptica] UB group II: 4)
250							75	5	46	66	6.5	39	75	5	50
259							64	5.5	36	55	7.5	33	64	5	45
260							62	5.5	36	61	10	34	65	5	47
63 group (C. lactis sp. nov.)
63T	2						13			13					15
128	4						14			13			20
71 group (‘C. gleum-like species 1’)
69	1
71	2						13			13			12
148	4
78 group (C. nakagawai sp. nov.)
78T	2						17			15					17
117	2						14			18			18
92 group (‘E. brevis-like species 1’)
92	4						5			6			7
97	1						8			7			10
95 group (C. carnis sp. nov.)
95T	4						8			7					8
101	6						7			6			9
244 group (E. meningoseptica UB group I)
244							38			50	6.5	43	42
137 group (F. lindanitolerans)
137	4						6			4			6
125 group (C. shigense)
125	4						15			15			18

See legend to Table 2 for further details.