Microbiological and 16S rRNA analysis of sulphite-reducing clostridia from river sediments in central Italy

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Mean genetic distances (HKY85) between the eight taxonomic units isolated from sediments of the lower Tiber basin

Species	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
*C. perfringens*	0.004
*C. barati*	0.045	0.007
*C. butyricum*	0.087	0.077	0.009
*C. thiosulfatireducens*	0.117	0.110	0.118	0.033
*C. glycolicum*	0.226	0.226	0.281	0.279	0.005
*C. bifermentans*	0.204	0.213	0.250	0.259	0.044	0.004
*C. ghoni*	0.212	0.239	0.307	0.273	0.054	0.022	0.006
*B. cereus*	0.366	0.372	0.392	0.414	0.290	0.294	0.313	0.004

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