TABLE 3.
Similarity matrix showing the ANIb values between the strains under study (belonging to L. plantarum) and type strains of related species (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity >98.6% in EzBioCloud Database).
| ANIb | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1 | L. plantarum CECT 8962 | – | |||||||||||
| 2 | L. plantarum CECT 8963 | 98.4 | - | ||||||||||
| 3 | L. plantarum CECT 8964 | 98.4 | 100.0 | – | |||||||||
| 4 | L. plantarum CECT 8965 | 98.3 | 99.8 | 99.8 | – | ||||||||
| 5 | L. plantarum CECT 8966 | 98.3 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 100.0 | – | |||||||
| 6 | L. fabifermentans DSM 21115T | 75.3 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 75.3 | – | ||||||
| 7 | L. herbarum TCF032-E4T | 76.7 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 76.8 | 74.5 | – | |||||
| 8 | L. paraplantarum DSM 10667T | 85.6 | 85.5 | 85.5 | 85.6 | 85.6 | 74.9 | 77.1 | – | ||||
| 9 | L. pentosus DSM 20314T | 79.4 | 79.4 | 79.4 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 75.0 | 76.5 | 79.4 | – | |||
| 10 | L. plantarum subsp. argentoratensis DSM 16365T | 94.9 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 74.9 | 76.6 | 85.4 | 79.8 | – | ||
| 11 | L. plantarum subsp. plantarum ATCC 14917T | 98.5 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 74.5 | 76.7 | 85.2 | 79.2 | 94.9 | – | |
| 12 | L. xiangfangensis LMG 26013T | 76.2 | 76.2 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 76.2 | 75.4 | 75.7 | 76.1 | 79.8 | 76.3 | 75.4 | – |
Values above the threshold for species delineation (95%) are in bold.