Table 3.: Partial (5’-end 606-bp) 16S rDNA Sequence Polymorphisms in 10 Nocardia Species

Strain Identification no. Identification Based on Comparison with Reference Sequence % Similarity to Reference Sequence Site of Nucleotide Polymorphisms (bp Position: Reference Sequence → Isolate Sequence) 100% Similarity to Another GenBank Sequences Rather Than Reference Sequences (13 Novel Sequence GenBank Accession no.)
04-303-0576 N. aobensis 99.67 137 G→A novel sequence1 (FJ172101)
01-320-2714 N. arthritidis 99.0 132 C→T, 240 G→A, 251 C→T, 341 C→G, 566 A→G, 588 G→T novel sequence1 (FJ172102)
02-071-3627 N. asteroides 99.0 133-135 TTC→ACA, 148-150 GAG→TGT novel sequence1 (FJ172103)
00-194-3516 N. brasiliensis 99.84 203 T→C Z36935
03-273-2825 N. brasiliensis 99.67 203 T→C, 328 G→A AY245543
99-167-2395 N. brasiliensis 99.67 203 T→C, 328 G→A AY245543
00-159-1584 N. cyriacigeorgica 99.84 576 G→A novel sequence1 (FJ172112)
04-181-3939 N. cyriacigeorgica 99.84 576 G→A
05-111-2308 N. cyriacigeorgica 99.84 576 G→A
01-109-2248 N. farcinica 99.84 67 A→A/G2 novel sequence1 (FJ172117)
05-053-4454 N. nova 99.84 86 C→ C/T2 novel sequence1 (FJ172126)
02-352-3316 N. nova 99.84 136 G→A/G2 novel sequence1 (FJ172120)
00-130-2170 N. nova 99.84 260 A→A/G2 novel sequence1 (FJ172121)
04-110-3287 N. nova 99.67 86 C→C/T2, 136 G→A/G2 novel sequence1 (FJ172125)
00-056-3529 N. nova 99.67 86 C→T, 136 G→A AF430030
01-067-1349 N. nova 99.67 86 C→T, 136 G→A
01-097-0996 N. nova 99.67 86 C→T, 136 G→A
02-199-2723 N. nova 99.67 86 C→T, 136 G→A
00-025-0538 N. nova 99.67 135 G→T, 148 T→G AF430032
00-314-1789 N. nova 99.67 135 G→T, 148 T→G
04-150-0614 N. nova 99.67 135 G→T, 148 T→G
01-066-1903 N. nova 99.51 86 C→T, 136 G→A, 578 T→G novel sequence1 (FJ172122)
02-021-0419 N. nova 99.51 135 G→T, 148 T→G, 328 A→G novel sequence1 (FJ172119)
01-114-2816 N. otitidiscaviarum 99.85 133 A→G novel sequence1 (FJ172127)
ATCC BAQ-278 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3 AF179865
03-141-3073 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
03-185-3304 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
03-240-2758 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
05-200-1797 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
97-114-0609 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
97-16298 N. paucivorans 99.67 33 C-ins3, 37 G-ins3
03-310-2776 N. transvalensis 99.67 402, 403 AG→CA novel sequence1 (FJ172131)

1 Sequences of isolates without a match with GenBank sequences are novel sequences.
2 At the specified bp position, both nucleotides were present due to different multiple copies of the 16S rRNA gene.
3 Refers to insertion of the specified base.