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Table 3 Differences among representatives of the genera Brachiola, Glugea, Loma and Pleistophora for 16S rDNA sequences, pairwise nucleotide differences (above the diagonal) and p-distances (below the diagonal) 1713 bp sequences

From: A severe microsporidian disease in cultured Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

 

Species

–1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

Brachiola algerae

479

471

470

473

474

473

474

501

493

2

Glugea anomala

0.320

152

149

17

155

151

14

242

205

3

Glugea arabica

0.314

0.097

16

142

12

11

142

231

182

4

Glugea eda

0.315

0.096

0.010

139

12

7

139

230

176

5

Glugea hertwigi

0.316

0.011

0.091

0.089

145

141

7

234

200

6

Glugea nagelia

0.316

0.099

0.008

0.008

0.092

7

145

235

175

7

Glugea serranus

0.315

0.096

0.007

0.004

0.090

0.004

141

231

174

8

Glugea thunni sp. nov

0.316

0.009

0.091

0.089

0.004

0.092

0.090

236

197

9

Loma embiotocia

0.334

0.155

0.148

0.148

0.149

0.150

0.147

0.151

277

10

Pleistophora ehrenbaumi

0.330

0.131

0.117

0.113

0.128

0.112

0.111

0.126

0.177