TABLE 3.
Genetic diversity of the selected loci among P. stutzeri strains analyzed in this study
| No. of strains | Locus | Fragment length (bp) | No. of alleles | Genetic diversity | No. of polymorphic sites (total)a | No. of nucleotide substitutions/nucleotide site (%) | Nucleotide diversityb | dN/dS ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | nahH | 486 | 4 | 0.350 | 106 (65) | 21.8 (2.8)c | 0.03014 (0.02190) | 0.150 (0.270)c |
| 24 | catA | 312 | 18 | 0.942 | 138 (80) | 44.23 | 0.12500 (0.02100) | 0.180 |
| 26 | gyrB | 849 | 20 | 0.963 | 304 (291) | 35.8 | 0.11984 (0.00941) | 0.0236 |
| 26 | rpoD | 786 | 17 | 0.938 | 276 (204) | 35.1 | 0.11128 (0.00920) | 0.0933 |
| 26 | nosZ | 453 | 20 | 0.942 | 123 (98) | 27.1 | 0.08078 (0.00511) | 0.0813 |
| 26 | 16S rDNA | 1091 | 15 | 0.911 | 60 | 5.5 | 0.01351 (0.01368) | |
| 26 | ITS1 | 574 | 20 | 0.986 | 179 | 31.18 | NDd |
a
Total number of synonymous changes.
b
Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations.
c
Excluding strain ATCC 27951.
d
ND, not determined due to gaps and insertions in the sequences that impair the comparison of homologous positions.