TABLE 1.
Summary of phenanthrene degraders isolated in these studies
| Sitea | Strain | Enrichment approach(s) | No. of isolatesb | Closest GenBank match to 16S rRNA sequence
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16S rRNA gene GenBank accession no. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain or species | Accession no. | % Identity | |||||
| A | As1-2 | NSP | 1 | Delftia acidovorans MBIC 1305 | AB020186.1 | 99.9 | AY367024 |
| A | As1-3 | NSP | 2 | Sphingomonas sp. strain JS1 | SSP427917 | 98.6 | AY367025 |
| A | As1-5 | NSP | 1 | Sphingomonas sp. strain MBIC3020 | AB025279.1 | 98.4 | AY367026 |
| A | As1-6 | NSP | 1 | Delftia acidovorans strain WDL34 | AF538930.1 | 96.0 | AY367031 |
| A | As2-1 | NSP | 1 | Sphingomonas sp. strain JS1 | SSP427917 | 98.3 | AY367027 |
| A | As2-3 | NSP | 1 | Sphingomonas sp. strain ATCC 31555 | AF503280.1 | 97.5 | AY367032 |
| A | As2-4 | NSP | 1 | Comamonas testosteroni WDL7 | AF538933.1 | 95.4 | AY367033 |
| A | As3-4 | NSP | 1 | Delftia acidovorans MBIC 1305 | AB020186.1 | 100 | AY367028 |
| C | Ch1-1 | HASP | 5 | Burkholderia sp. strain S1-17 | AF448032 | 99.9 | AY367011 |
| C | Cs1-4 | NSP | 1 | Burkholderia sp. strain S1-17 | AF448032 | 99.9 | AY367009 |
| C | Cs1-5 | NSP | 1 | Comamonas testosteroni ZD4-1 | AY125951.1 | 99.8 | AY367038 |
| C | Cs3-2 | NSP | 1 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia LMG11087 | SMRR11087 | 92.1 | AY367034 |
| C | Ch3-5 | HASP | 1 | Burkholderia sp. strain S1-17 | AF448032 | 99.9 | AY367010 |
| C | Chnp3-1 | HAB | 3 | Oxalobacter sp. strain p8E | PR0496038 | 97.1 | AY367035 |
| C | Chnp3-4 | HAB | 1 | Pseudomonas sp. strain V-07-1 | AY136543.1 | 92.8 | AY367036 |
| C | Chnp3-5 | HAB | 1 | Herbaspirillum sp. strain BA17 | AF364861 | 97.2 | AY367037 |
| E | Eh1-1 | HASP, NSP | 4 | Burkholderia sp. strain S4.11 | AF247495 | 99.9 | AY367008 |
| E | Eh2-1 | HASP | 2 | Delftia acidovorans MBIC 1305 | AB020186.1 | 99.8 | AY367007 |
| E | Es2-1 | NSP | 1 | Oxalobacter sp. strain p8E | PR0496038 | 97.1 | AY367029 |
| E | Es2-5 | NSP | 1 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia LMG10857 | SMA131117 | 100 | AY367030 |
| I | 12H6 | HASP, NSP | 9 | Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505 | SPEPA505 | 99.9 | AY367017 |
| I | Mc1 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium fortuitum ATCC 6841 | MFO16SRN | 98.7 | AY367018 |
| I | Mc2 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium sp. strain SM7.6.1 | AF247497 | 97.2 | AY367019 |
| I | Mc3 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium sp. strain LB208 | MSP245704 | 99.5 | AY367020 |
| I | Mc4 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium sp. strain LB208 | MSP245704 | 99.4 | AY367021 |
| I | Mc5 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium sp. strain CH-1 | AF054278 | 99.1 | AY367022 |
| I | Mc6 | NSP | 2 | Mycobacterium sp. strain SM7.6.1 | AF247497 | 97.1 | AY367023 |
| I | Ps1 | NSP | 1 | Pseudomonas corrugata ND9L | AF348508 | 99.8 | AY367013 |
| I | Sg5 | NSP | 2 | Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505 | SPEPA505 | 99.9 | AY367015 |
| I | Sg6 | NSP | 4 | Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505 | SPEPA505 | 99.9 | AY367016 |
| I | Um1 | NSP | 6 | Ultramicrobacterium strain ND5 | AB008506 | 99.6 | AY367012 |
| I | Xan | NSP | 3 | Xanthobacter agilis SA35 | XA16RR | 97.5 | AY367014 |
a
Soil origins were as follows: Iowa (I); Ashland, WI (A); Chippewa Falls, WI (C); and Eau Claire, WI (E).
b
Number of isolates represented by each strain as determined by BOX-PCR analysis.