Fig. 5.
Pairwise comparison of 16S rDNA sequences from A. mediterranei strain U32, A. orientalis strain HCCB10007, A. japonica strain MG417-CF17Tand A. methanolica strain 239T(A) and their overall phylogenetic relationships (B). In panel A, the percentage of sequence identity is shown for each pair of the different copies of 16S rDNAs. The brackets on the diagonal line of the table represent comparisons between the same 16S rDNAs. The pairs circled by triangles represent intra-species comparisons while those circled by squares represent inter-species comparisons comparable to those of the corresponding intra-species comparisons shown as square circled data inside the triangle. In panel B, the small differences between the intra- and inter-species 16S rDNA comparisons accounted for the abnormal clustering of the corresponding species in the phylogenetic tree are shown.