Characterization of the Emerging Enteropathogen Escherichia Albertii Isolated from Urine Samples of Patients Attending Sapporo Area Hospitals, Japan

Table 3

16S rRNA sequence analysis.

Hit taxon name (hit strain name)	Strain no. (%)
	1	2	3	4	5
Escherichia albertii (TW07627)	99.22	98.41	98.70	99.45	99.45
Escherichia marmotae (HT073016)		98.92	98.63
Escherichia fergusonii (ATCC35469)	98.96	98.56	98.43	99.04	99.04
Shigella flexnari (ATCC29903)	98.88	98.48	98.36	98.98	98.98
Shigella boydii (GTC779)	98.80	98.41		98.91	98.91
Shigella sonnei (CECT4887)	98.72			98.84	98.84
Shigella dysenteriae (ATCC13313)		98.48	98.97

Noted: bold number is the highest homology in each E. albertii strain.