TABLE 1.

Phylogenetic affiliations of predominant RFLP types from PCB-ortho-dechlorinating enrichment cultures based on bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences

RFLP type	Closest phylogenetic relative	% Similarity to closest relative
1	Thermotoga maritima	85
2	Bacteroides eggerthii	89
4	Desulfosarcina variabilis	93
5	Desulfothiovibrio peptidovorans	87
6	Desulfuromonas thiophila	94
7	Clostridium litorale	91
9	Desulfonema magnum	82
11	Syntrophospora bryantii	94
12	Unidentified oil field bacterium	75
15	Clostridium litorale	99
17	Dehalococcoides ethenogenes	89
20	Pelobacter acidigallici	86
24	Acholeplasma laidlawii	84
25	Desulfonema magnum	94
28	Desulfovibrio caledoniensis	95
40	Syntrophus gentianae	94
54	Clostridium litorale	84
105	Desulfuromonas thiophila	96
108	Desulfuromonas acetexigens	99
109	Desulfovibrio sp.	92
116	Desulfovibrio sp.	86
130	Uncultured eubacterium	89
138	Unidentified low-G+C gram-positive sp.	96
144	Desulfovibrio sp. strain B650	98
146	Desulfovibrio sp.	91