Table 3 Among clades (bold) and among lineages genetic divergence of the analysed 16S rRNA gene fragment

T. blanchardi_1

-

-

T. tubifex_2

10.2%

-

T. tubifex_2a

10.1%

-

-

T. tubifex_2b

9.8%

-

7.3%

-

T. tubifex_2c

11.3%

-

6.2%

7.3%

-

T. tubifex_2d

9.6%

-

6.7%

5.6%

5.0%

-

T. tubifex_3

12.7%

12.7%

-

-

-

-

-

T. tubifex_3a

12.6%

-

12.5%

12.5%

13.7%

13.0%

-

-

T. tubifex_3b

12.7%

-

11.4%

12.8%

13.0%

12.1%

-

8.1%

-