TABLE 1.
Distribution of contaminant clones with representatives from environmental studies
| Clone(s) from negative control | Environment and clone >98% identical to negative-control clone (reference) | GenBank no. | Most closely related organism | % Iden- titya |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT3 | Bentonite/sand subsurface, Canada, clone K13 (22) | X91528 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 96.7 |
| Acid mine drainage, clone TRA2-7 (11) | AF047649 | |||
| MT6 | Bentonite/sand subsurface, Canada, clone K9 (22) | X91524 | Acinetobacter sp. DSM590 | 99.7 |
| Deep marine sediment, clone JAP752 (27) | U09828 | |||
| Groundwater/subsurface at Äspö hard rock lab, Sweden, clone A24otpmn (23) | X91447 | |||
| Deep granitic groundwater, Stripa research mine, Sweden, clone Group III (10) | L20812 | |||
| MT9 | Bentonite/sand subsurface, Canada, clone K16 (22) | X91531 | Escherichia coli | 98.0 |
| Prostatitis, clone 5725 (17) | NAb | |||
| MT14, CMT35P | Groundwater/subsurface, Gabon, Africa, clone G4 (24) | X91175 | Leptothrix cholodnii | 96.5 |
| Infected guinea pig lung, clone GPMT16 (31) | AF058793 | |||
| Acid mine drainage, clone TRB32 (11) | AF047647 | |||
| MT18, CTHB-18 | Bentonite/sand subsurface, Canada, clone K11 (22) | X91526 | Duganella zoogloeoides (formerly Zoogloea ramigera) | 99.8 |
| Deep marine sediment, clone JAP405 (27) | U09778 | |||
| Acid mine drainage, clone AMDke9.1 (11) | NA | |||
| Antarctic, clone BP-S155 (11) | NA | |||
| Basalt sand deep subsurface, clone BS43 (11) | NA | |||
| Yellowstone hot spring, clone OPS122B (14) | AF026984 | |||
| Siberian tundra soil, clone S-41 (34) | AF016752 | |||
| Dentoalveolar abscess (pus sample), clone PUS 10.40 (9) | U34035 | |||
| Contaminated aquifer, clone WFeA1-06 (8) | AF050528 | |||
| Groundwater/subsurface, Gabon, Africa, clones G22 and G41 (24) | X91274 | |||
| Hawaiian soil, clone HRS-17 (20) | AF016530 | |||
| Humic-reducing environment, molecular isolate from a PCR product (6) | AF019941 | |||
| Guinea pig lung, clone MTseq15 (31) | AF058388 | |||
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected guinea pig, lung, clone GPMT3 (31) | AF058387 | |||
| MT22 | Low-pH peat bog, clones TM221 and TM252 (26) | X97095 | Herbaspirillum seropedicae | 98.6 |
| Carolina bay sediment, clones RB-06 and RB-37 (33) | U62830 |
a
Between the negative-control clone and the related organism.
b
NA, not available.