Table 2 Genetic similarity of 16S rRNA gene sequences (1310 bp)
|  | BT 1A group1 | BT 1A group2 | BT2–4 O:3/O:9 | BT 1B 8081 | Y. kristensenii | Y. frederiksenii | Y. aldovae | Y. rohdei | Y. intermedia | Y. bercovieri | Y. mollaretii | Y. ruckeri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BT 1A Genetic group1 | > 99% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
BT 1A Genetic group2 | 98–99% | > 99% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BT 2–4 O:3/O:9 | > 99% | 98% | > 99% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BT 1B 8081 | 99% | 98% | 99% | 100% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Y. kristensenii ATCC 33638 | 98% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 100% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Y. frederiksenii ATCC 33641 | 98% | 98–99% | 98% | 98% | 98.9% | 100% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Y. aldovae ATCC 35236 | 98% | 99% | 98% | 87% | 99.2% | 98.6% | 100% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Y. rohdei ATCC 43380 | 98–99% | 98–99% | 98–99% | 99.2% | 98.8% | 99% | 98.9% | 100% |  |  |  |  |
Y. intermedia ATCC 29909 | 98% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 99% | 98.6% | 99.4% | 98.7% | 100% | Â | Â | Â |
Y. bercovieri ATCC 43970 | 98% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 98.8% | 98.4% | 99.2% | 98.5% | 99.5% | 100% | Â | Â |
Y. mollaretii ATCC 43969 | 98% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 98.9% | 98.6% | 99.4% | 98.6% | 99.4% | 99.3% | 100% | Â |
Y. ruckeri ATCC 29473 | 97% | 98% | 97% | 97% | 98.7% | 97.9% | 98.1% | 97.6% | 98% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 100% |