Figure 4

Phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showing the relationship of the newly discovered Moraxella sequences with publically available sequences of other Moraxella strains. Representatives of 3M. catarrhalis type strains were included together with the type strains of Moraxella species. Red text and blue test indicate M. nonliquefaciens contigs and M. catarrhalis contigs recovered from patient samples, respectively. The neighbor-joining tree was evaluated using 1,000 bootstrap pseudoreplicates. Only bootstrap values over 70% are shown at branch nodes. The scale bar represents the genetic distance.