Table 3.

Intra-cluster similarities (%) obtained for the 16S rRNA gene and for the different genomic indexes analyzed.

	16S RNA gene		MLSA		ANI		isDDH		AAI		POCP		G+C% (mol)
Cluster 1a	96.8–99.8			85.3–97.5	78.9–95.4		21.6–65.4		72.5–95.0		68.2–95.6		26.4–29.4	26.4–29.4
		96.1–99.9	85.3–97.5			77.7–95.4		20.5–65.4		71.5–95.0		67.0–95.6
Cluster 1b	99.9		96.9		94.2		55.7		93.7		84.3		26.8–27.0
Cluster 2	96.7–99.6		89.0–94.7		81.6–92.5		24.8–50.9		73.1–93.5		71.7–87.5		26.3–28.0
Cluster 3	94.2–99.1		87.4–97.3		79.4–95.4		22.2–63.6		67.6–95.7		75.4–91.4		26.1–27.3
Cluster 4a	96.6–99.5		88.8–94.6		81.8–89.0		24.8–37.4		80.3–83.4		74.4–90.7		27.3–29.0	27.3–29.9
		94.0–99.5		85.8–94.6		75.2–89.0		19.5–37.4		68.7–83.4		71.6–90.7
Cluster 4b	96.9		85.8		78.6		21.3		78.4		77.9		29.2–29.9