TABLE 3.

Comparison of results from 16S ARDRA and AFLP and PCR-RFLP analyses of 16S-23S rDNA IGS region

ARDRA groupsa	IGS rDNA PCR-RFLP cluster	IGS rDNA PCR-RFLP type(s)	AFLP cluster(s)
A, B, E, F	I	2	33
		3	47
		4, 5	38
		6, 7, 9	37
		8	43
	II	10, 11	15
	IV	18, 19	45
	V	25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32	20
	VII	36, 37	12
	VIII	38	NDb
		39, 41	17
		40	41
	IX	44	16
	XI	53	20
	XIII	58	Sepc
	XV	63, 64	28
	XVI	66, 67	6
	Sep	12, 14, 21, 22	Sep
		17	39
		20, 23	Sep
C, G	VI	33, 34, 35	46
	X	45	31
	XI	46	48
		47	Sep
		48	19, 35
		50, 51	32
		52	Sep
	XII	54, 55	42
	XIII	57	34, 40, Sep
		60	33
	XIV	61, 62	29
	Sep	21, 22, 70	Sep
		56	35
Sep	ND	ND	Sep
	I	1	36
ND	I	1	36
	III	13	44
	V	24	20
	VIII	42	17
	XI	49d	ND
	XIII	58, 59	33
	Sep	15, 16, 43, 65, 68, 69	Sep

^aGroup designations are according to those of Doignon-Bourcier et al. (9). 

^bND, not determined. 

^cSep, separate. 

^dThe IGS PCR-RFLP type 49 corresponds to B. elkanii reference strain USDA 61.