The ML phylogenetic tree based on bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from the bacteriomes of female <i>P</i>. <i>kaempferi</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>mongolica</i>, including selected database sequences.

<p>This tree was generated using the Maximum Likelihood with 2,000 bootstrap replicates and Kimura 2-parameter model in MEGA5.0 software. The representative clones identified are listed in boldface type followed by GenBank accession numbers. Bacterial phyla are indicated on the right side. The scale bar represents 0.05 substitutions per nucleotide site. The representative clone sequences from the bacteriomes of female <i>P</i>. <i>kaempferi</i> are presented with dark spots, and the representative clone sequences from the bacteriomes of female <i>M</i>. <i>mongolica</i> are presented with dark triangles.