TABLE 2.
Percentage of similarity of the three closest relatives for strains 16115, 15908, and 16120a
| Strain | Gene | GenBank no. | Closely related sp./similarity (%)
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| First | Second | Third | |||
| 16115 | 16S rDNA | AY515118 | BG/99.2 | BK/99 | NG |
| ITS | AY515122 | BG/72.4 | BTr/69.8 | BV/66 | |
| gltA | AY515125 | BG/94.2 | BTr/93.3 | BE/92.9 | |
| groEL | AY515128 | BG/90.2 | BTr/89.9 | BTa/89.4 | |
| rpoB | AY515131 | BG/93.2 | BTr/92.7 | BE/91.5 | |
| ftsZ | AY515134 | BG/94.4 | BE/93.3 | BTr/92.9 | |
| ribC | AY515137 | BE/89.9 | BQ/87 | BA/85.5 | |
| 15908 | 16S rDNA | AY515120 | BG/99.2 | BK/99 | NG |
| ITS | AY515121 | BG/72.5 | BTr/70.3 | BVV/66.3 | |
| gltA | AY515124 | BG/94.5 | BTr/92.9 | BE/92.6 | |
| groEL | AY515127 | BG/90.2 | BTr/89.9 | BTa/89.4 | |
| rpoB | AY515130 | BG/93.1 | BTr/92.5 | BE/91.5 | |
| ftsZ | AY515133 | BG/94 | BE/93.2 | BTr/92.5 | |
| ribC | AY515136 | BE/89.9 | BQ/88 | BA/86.2 | |
| 16120 | 16S rDNA | AY515119 | 16115, 15908/99.9 | BG/98.8 | BK/98.8 |
| ITS | AY515123 | 16115, 15908/73.7 | BQ/70.2 | BQ/70.2 | |
| gltA | AY515126 | BVA/92 | BVV/91.7 | BTa/90.8 | |
| groEL | AY515129 | BVA/90.7 | BTa/90.7 | BH/90.3 | |
| rpoB | AY515132 | BA/92 | BVB/91.8 | BB/91.8 | |
| ftsZ | AY515135 | BA/93.5 | BVV/92.3 | BVA/91.9 | |
| ribC | AY515138 | 16115, 15908/91.7 | BTa/88.2 | BE/87.3 | |
a
For the 16S rDNA, only the two closest relatives are given when there are several third-closest relatives. NG, not given; BG, B. grahamii; BE, B. elizabethae; BK, B. koehlerae; BTr, B. tribocorum; BQ, B. quintana; BA, B. alsatica; BTa, B. taylorii; BB, B. birtlesii; BVV, B. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii; BVA, B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis; BVB, B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii; BH, B. henselae.