Fig. 2

Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree highlighting the position of B. thuringiensis HD521 relative to B. thuringiensis, B. anthracis, and B. cereus. The strains and their 16 s rRNA corresponding to the GenBank accession numbers given below: A) BTALH (B. thuringiensis str. AL Hakam) (CP000485.1): 9309–10762; B) BTYBT020 (B. thuringiensis serovar finitimus YBT-020) (CP002508.1): 9307–10866; C) BASterne (B. anthracis str. Sterne ) (AE017225.1): 9336–10845; D) BAAmesAncestor (B. anthracis str. ‘Ames Ancestor’) (AE017334.2): 29129–30635; E) BACDC684 (B. anthracis str. CDC684) (CP001215.1): 9207–10715; F) BCE33L (B. cereus E33L) (CP_000001.1): 9337–10846; G) BT9727 (B. thuringiensis serovar konkukian str. 97–27) (AE017355.1): 9337–10846; H) BCATCC14579 (B. cereus ATCC14579) (AE016877.1): 9186–10741; I) BTBMB171 (B. thuringiensis BMB171) (CP001903.1): 9197–10736; J) BTHD771 (B. thuringiensis HD-771) (CP003752.1): 4786891–4788450; K) BTHD521 (B. thuringiensis subsp. indiana HD521) (CP010106): 9198–10737; L) BCQ1 (B. cereus Q1) (CP000227.1): 9338–10843; M) BTCT43 (B. thuringiensis serovar chinensis CT-43) (CP001907.1):9201–10740; N) BTMC28 (B. thuringiensis MC28) (CP003687.1):1369440–1370979; O) BS168 (B. sublitis subsp. str. 168) (CM000487.1): 9808–11362