TABLE 3.
Presumption of phylogenetic position determined by using the 16S rDNA sequence of dominant culturable bacteria at the rhizoplanes of tomato plants
| Bacterial cluster | Dominant ratio at rhizoplane (%)
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Closest sequences in DNA database
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| Mutsumi | Yamadai | Accession no. | Species | Phylogenetic position | Homologya (%) | No. of sequenced strain | |
| Group 1 | 5.4 | 2.2 | D83363 | Staphylococcus epidermidis | Gram-positive bacteria | 98.0 | 1 |
| Group 2 | 10 | 0.1 | D16273 | Bacillus megaterium | Gram-positive bacteria | 83.6 | 2 |
| Group 16 | 6.9 | 3.8 | X87261 | Sphingomonas chlorophenolica | Proteobacteria α subdivision | 95.1 | 2 |
| Group 17 | 10 | 8.1 | U37344 | Burkholderia sp. | Proteobacteria β subdivision | 92.4 | 1 |
| AF019073 | Hydrogenophaga palleronii | Proteobacteria β subdivision | 94.5 | 2 | |||
| Y10776 | Xanthomonas sacchari | Proteobacteria γ subdivision | 93.5 | 1 | |||
| Group 19 | 16.1 | 73.1 | X67042 | Pseudomonas pickettii | Proteobacteria β subdivision | 97.6 | 13 |
| Group 20 | 22.3 | 0 | AF015487 | Pseudomonas sp. strain P51 | Proteobacteria β subdivision | 97.6 | 4 |
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The highest percentage among tested strains in each group is shown.