TABLE 4.
Similarity matrix based on 16S rRNA sequence comparisons
| Taxona | % Similarity or % differenceb
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| H. mesocricetorum | H. rodentium | H. pullorum | H. hepaticus | H. muridarum | H. trogontum | “F. rappini” | H. cinaedi | H. canis | H. bilis | H. fennelliae | Helicobacter sp. Bird B | H. mustelae | Helicobacter sp. Bird C | H. cholecystus | H. pametensis | H. salomonis | H. acinonychis | H. pylori | H. nemestrinae | |
| H. mesocricetorum | 97.0 | 96.4 | 94.6 | 93.4 | 95.3 | 93.0 | 94.2 | 94.8 | 93.8 | 92.1 | 94.5 | 93.7 | 94.6 | 95.0 | 96.0 | 91.7 | 91.7 | 93.7 | 92.2 | |
| H. rodentium | 3.0 | 96.2 | 95.1 | 93.7 | 95.0 | 93.4 | 94.4 | 95.3 | 94.0 | 91.8 | 94.5 | 93.3 | 94.4 | 95.5 | 95.2 | 92.2 | 91.3 | 93.3 | 92.2 | |
| H. pullorum | 3.7 | 3.9 | 96.0 | 94.4 | 96.2 | 94.0 | 94.5 | 96.2 | 94.6 | 93.0 | 95.4 | 94.1 | 95.5 | 96.8 | 97.0 | 93.7 | 92.5 | 94.3 | 92.9 | |
| H. hepaticus | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 96.6 | 97.2 | 95.2 | 95.8 | 96.9 | 95.4 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 94.7 | 95.7 | 96.3 | 95.8 | 92.6 | 91.6 | 92.6 | 92.0 | |
| H. muridarum | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 95.5 | 94.2 | 94.1 | 95.2 | 93.6 | 92.0 | 95.4 | 94.0 | 95.9 | 95.3 | 95.4 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 92.0 | 90.5 | |
| H. trogontum | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 93.9 | 95.5 | 96.2 | 94.9 | 93.0 | 96.3 | 95.1 | 95.5 | 95.6 | 95.6 | 92.1 | 90.8 | 92.2 | 91.5 | |
| “F. rappini” | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 97.0 | 95.7 | 94.8 | 91.6 | 94.2 | 93.7 | 95.0 | 94.4 | 94.8 | 90.8 | 90.6 | 91.8 | 90.6 | |
| H. cinaedi | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 96.6 | 95.5 | 92.6 | 94.2 | 93.6 | 94.4 | 94.8 | 94.3 | 91.7 | 90.7 | 91.8 | 91.3 | |
| H. canis | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 96.7 | 92.3 | 95.9 | 94.6 | 96.0 | 96.5 | 95.7 | 92.5 | 91.3 | 92.7 | 91.8 | |
| H. bilis | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 91.3 | 94.0 | 93.0 | 94.3 | 95.0 | 94.6 | 90.6 | 89.4 | 91.0 | 90.4 | |
| H. fennelliae | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 91.3 | 90.8 | 91.3 | 92.1 | 92.3 | 90.1 | 88.7 | 90.2 | 89.0 | |
| Helicobacter sp. Bird B | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 9.3 | 97.1 | 97.8 | 96.6 | 97.3 | 92.6 | 92.1 | 93.2 | 92.1 | |
| H. mustelae | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 96.2 | 94.9 | 95.6 | 92.2 | 91.6 | 92.8 | 91.8 | |
| Helicobacter sp. Bird C | 5.6 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 96.6 | 97.3 | 92.2 | 92.4 | 93.7 | 92.6 | |
| H. cholecystus | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 97.7 | 93.7 | 92.0 | 93.2 | 92.9 | |
| H. pametensis | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 93.2 | 92.6 | 94.0 | 92.7 | |
| H. salomonis | 8.8 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 93.8 | 94.0 | 93.8 | |
| H. acinonychis | 8.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 95.9 | 93.7 | |
| H. pylori | 6.6 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 96.5 | |
| H. nemestrinae | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 3.6 | |