Table 2.
Sequence identity matrix showing the percentage nucleotide identity between representatives of all 12 RPP gene classes, in descending order, compared with tet(M)
| RPP gene | tet(M) | tet(S) | tet(O) | tet(44) | tet(32) | tet(W) | tet(T) | tet(36) | tet(Q) | tetB(P) | otr(A) | tet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tet(M) | 100 | 78 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 57 | 49 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| tet(S) | 100 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 10 | |
| tet(O) | 100 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 56 | 49 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 11 | ||
| tet(44) | 100 | 71 | 64 | 50 | 58 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 10 | |||
| tet(32) | 100 | 67 | 55 | 49 | 47 | 11 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| tet(W) | 100 | 12 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||||
| tet(T) | 100 | 57 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| tet(36) | 100 | 64 | 9 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| tet(Q) | 100 | 13 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
| tetB(P) | 100 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| otr(A) | 100 | 63 | ||||||||||
| tet | 100 |
Accession numbers of representative genes included in the matrix: tet(M), U09422; tet(O), Y07780; tetB(P), AE001437; tet(Q), X58717; tet(S), X92946; tet(T), L42544; tet(W), AJ222769; tet(32), DQ647324; tet(36), AJ514254; tet(44), FN594949; otr(A), X53401; tet, AL939106.
Shaded boxes represent those genes currently reported to comprise mosaic genes.