Table 1 Grouping of Frankia strains based on characteristic features
Characteristic features | EAN1pec | Eul1c | ACN14a | CcI3 | DG (FD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Growth in pure culture | √ | √ | √ | √ | ≠|
Found in soil away from host plant | √ | √ | √ | ≠| ≠|
Lack of cospeciation | √ | √ | √ | ≠| - |
All closely related lineages can be grown in pure culture | √ | √ | ≠| ≠| ≠|
Genome size (bp) | 8815781 | 8982042 | 7497934 | 5433628 | 5204281 |
Grouping | A | A | B | C | C |