TABLE 3.
Base-pair substitutions and similarities in 16S rDNA nucleotide sequences for various Bacillus species
| Bacterium | Strain | Acces-sion no.a | No. of base-pair substitutions or % similarity in:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. ce-reus | B. thuringiensis | B. an-thracis | B. my-coides | |||
| B. cereus | ATCC 14579T | D16266 | 99.6c | 100c | 99.4c | |
| B. thuringiensis | ATCC 12077T | X55062 | 5b | 99.6c | 99.3c | |
| B. anthracis | Sterne | X55059 | 0b | 5b | 99.4c | |
| B. mycoides | ATCC 6462T | Z84592 | 8b | 10b | 8b | |
a
Taken from GenBank public database.
b
Base-pair substitutions in 16S rDNA nucleic acid sequences.
c
Percentage of similarity in 16S rDNA nucleic acid sequences.