TABLE 7.

Intragenomic heterogeneity of 16S rRNA for representative Edwardsiella genomes

Isolate	No. of 16S copies in genome	No. of differences (bp)	Dissimilarity range (%)
E. anguillarum LADL05-105	9	0–4	0.0–0.3
E. hoshinae ATCC 35051	9	0–3	0.0–0.2
E. ictaluri 93-146	8	0–3	0.0–0.2
E. piscicida S11-285	10	0–6	0.0–0.4
E. tarda FL95-01	9	0–9	0.0–0.6