TABLE 2.
Similarity matrix of partial 16S rRNA sequences
| Cat no. or strain (accession no.) | % Similaritya
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| Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 5 | Cat 6 | Cat 9 | Cat 10 | H. felis | |
| 1 (AF058768) | 98.2 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 99.4 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 98.2 |
| 2 (AF058769) | 99.4 | 99.4 | 98.8 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 100 | |
| 3 (AF058770) | 98.8 | 99.4 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 99.4 | ||
| 5 (AF058772) | 99.4 | 98.8 | 98.8 | 99.4 | |||
| 6 (AF058773) | 98.2 | 98.2 | 98.8 | ||||
| 9 (AF057776) | 100 | 99.4 | |||||
| 10 (AF058777) | 99.4 | ||||||
| H. felis CS1 (M57398) | |||||||
a
Percentages are based on comparisons of the 164 bp of unambiguous sequence amplified from the gastric tissue of seven cats and from the corresponding region of the 16S rRNA gene from H. felis CS1.