Level of genetic identity between the >2,000 (highly related) serovars

Range 95 - 99 %
Organism Bacteria Salmonella enterica
Reference Steele-Mortimer O. The Salmonella-containing vacuole: moving with the times. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2008 Feb11(1):38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.01.002 p.38 left columnPubMed ID18304858
Comments P.38 left column: "The Salmonella enterica species is made up of a group of over 2000 highly related serovars, which are 95–99% identical at the genetic level."
Entered by Uri M
ID 116149