TABLE 6.

Percent similarity matrix between Edwardsiella spp. across 1,062 bp of the 16S rRNA locus, 1,800 bp of the gyrB locus, and 461 bp of the sodB locus

Locus and species	% similarity for species:
	E. anguillarum	E. hoshinae	E. ictaluri	E. piscicida	E. tarda
16S rRNA
E. anguillarum	100.00
E. hoshinae	99.15	100.00
E. ictaluri	99.91	99.25	100.00
E. piscicida	99.72	99.05	99.63	99.99
E. tarda	99.34	99.81	99.26	99.24	99.90
gyrB
E. anguillarum	99.94
E. hoshinae	84.05	100.00
E. ictaluri	94.61	84.02	99.73
E. piscicida	95.88	84.72	94.82	99.78
E. tarda	85.02	88.86	84.70	85.81	99.47
sodB
E. anguillarum	99.81
E. hoshinae	86.86	100.00
E. ictaluri	92.56	83.95	99.81
E. piscicida	97.16	86.99	92.39	99.97
E. tarda	88.54	91.38	86.16	89.12	99.72