TABLE 2.

Levels of DNA-DNA relatedness between strains 9670^T and 9671 and various test isolates

Straina	% DNA-DNA relatedness to:
	IFO 12535T	JCM 2410T	IFO 15053T	IFO 14944T	IFO 14943T	IFO 14945T	9670T	9671
C. meningosepticum IFO 12535T	100
C. gleum JCM 2410T	10	100
C. balustinum IFO 15053T	8	14	100
C. indologenes IFO 14944T	9	31	14	100
E. brevis IFO 14943T	7	7	8	8	100
M. odoratus IFO 14945T	5	4	4	4	5	100
Strain 9670T	8	17	14	17	4	3	100
Strain 9671	7	17	NTb	NT	NT	NT	94	100

^aIFO, Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Japan; JCM, Japan Collection of Microorganisms, Wako, Japan. 

^bNT, not tested.