TABLE 4.
Sequencing of bifidobacterial clones from fecal samples
| Subject no. | Clone | Sequence length (bp) | Ambiguity
|
Closest relatives (% sequence similarityb) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bp | % | ||||
| I | 7B | 1,267 | 16 | 1.3 | B. adolescentis (98)a, B. ruminantium (97), B. dentium (95) |
| I | 7G | 1,365 | 15 | 1.1 | B. adolescentis (98)a, B. ruminantium (97), B. dentium (96) |
| II | 9A | 1,346 | 11 | 0.8 | B. adolescentis (97)a, B. ruminantium (96), B. dentium (95) |
| II | 9B | 1,360 | 5 | 0.4 | B. pseudocatenulatum (98), B. angulatum (97), B. dentium (96) |
| II | 9C | 1,267 | 8 | 0.6 | B. adolescentis (98)a, B. ruminantium (97), B. dentium (96) |
| III | 13D | 1,297 | 12 | 0.9 | B. pseudocatenulatum (98), B. ruminantium (97), B. adolescentis (97)a |
| IV | 15A | 1,363 | 5 | 0.4 | B. adolescentis (99)a, B. ruminantium (98), B. dentium (97) |
| IV | 15B | 1,357 | 6 | 0.4 | B. adolescentis (99)a, B. ruminantium (98), B. dentium (96) |
| IV | 15D | 1,365 | 10 | 0.7 | B. adolescentis (98)a, B. ruminantium (97), B. dentium (96) |
| V | 16B | 1,268 | 18 | 1.4 | B. adolescentis (97)a, B. ruminantium (96), B. dentium (96) |
| V | 16C | 1,287 | 15 | 1.2 | B. ruminantium (97), B. adolescentis (97)a, B. pseudocatenulatum (96) |
| V | 16F | 1,362 | 17 | 1.3 | B. adolescentis (98)a, B. ruminantium (97), B. dentium (96) |
a
Compared to the 16S rDNA sequences determined in this study.
b
Percent similarity values from pairwise sequence alignments.