Figure 3: Unrooted phylogenetic tree based on 16S rDNA sequence comparisons showing the position of MBTC isolated in relation to each other. Neighbor-Joining tree based on evolutionary distances computed using Maximum Composite Likelihood method [18] representing relationship between the 16S rRNA gene sequences of 8 species from the 18 marine water isolates. Bootstrap values, shown at the nodes, were calculated from 1000 replicates. The scale bar indicates substitutions per nucleotide. The GenBank accession numbers for the 16S rDNA sequences are given in parentheses after the strain.