Table 4 Net average distances between nucleotide sequences (below the diagonal) and protein sequences (above the diagonal) of ankA gene clusters

Cluster 1

–

73.5

31.1

37.9

41.1

50.7

51.8

86.3

34.3

13.9

95.3

89.7

Cluster 2

80.7

–

42.2

38.3

42.6

52.4

41.9

74.2

38.9

17.4

72.9

74.5

Cluster 3

59.8

71.3

–

11.2

23.5

21.6

8.3

28.2

14.0

2.5

31.5

31.4

Cluster 4

54.0

60.2

49.4

–

64.1

41.7

86.8

33.8

62.4

39.0

34.7

36.4

Cluster 5

59.2

63.4

56.1

81.4

–

42.3

56.9

34.9

58.6

47.9

36.6

36.7

Cluster 6

72.8

73.7

62.4

64.6

67.7

–

31.4

47.7

35.9

21.5

46.7

51.0

Cluster 7

66.7

59.5

48.0

89.3

73.9

56.2

–

39.2

53.8

34.5

47.8

48.8

Cluster 8

93.8

83.5

61.3

56.0

60.1

74.2

63.6

–

27.0

7.9

84.9

84.1

Cluster 9

54.3

61.7

52.5

79.7

81.2

63.2

72.3

54.8

–

42.9

30.7

30.3

Cluster 10

47.8

53.7

50.4

69.6

75.8

59.7

65.3

50.8

71.3

–

13.0

14.4

Cluster 11

97.4

82.3

61.8

54.1

59.1

73.2

65.9

94.2

54.9

48.6

–

91.8

Cluster 12

95.2

83.2

62.7

54.8

58.9

74.2

66.4

94.0

55.4

50.7

97.1

–