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Table 2 Comparison of mean distances within cyanobacteria and to other eubacterial phyla

From: Gene copy number variation and its significance in cyanobacterial phylogeny

Within a genome

 

d W

d W ∗

95% confidence intervals

   

lower

upper

Cyanobacteria

0.0001

0.0003

0.0001

0.0005

Chloroflexi

0.0036

0.0020

0.0012

0.0028

Spirochaetes

0.0012

0.0009

0.0005

0.0014

Bacteroidetes

0.0029

0.0023

0.014

0.0032

Between species

 

d B

d B ∗

95% confidence intervals

   

lower

upper

Cyanobacteria

0.1427

0.1426

0.1235

0.1587

Chloroflexi

0.3409

0.434

0.2489

0.4087

Spirochaetes

0.3537

0.3541

0.2907

0.4017

Bacteroidetes

0.3779

0.378

0.3390

0.4099

  1. Comparison of mean distances in the different eubacterial phyla and the 95% confidence intervals of 10,000 mean values calculated from bootstrap samples. Confidence intervals do not overlap between cyanobacteria and the other eubacterial phyla. Distances of 16S rRNA sequences are significantly smaller in cyanobacteria compared to the other prokaryotes.d W and d B : mean calculated from the original dataset including all distances. d B ∗ and d W ∗ : mean of 10,000 means calculated using bootstrap sampling.