TABLE 2.

Phylogenetic assignment of DGGE clones isolated from microcosm

DGGE band(s)a	Phylum/class assigned	Closest relativeb	Accession no.	Similarity (%)
A	Deltaproteobacteria	Uncultured clone WCHB1-67 from a polluted aquifer	AF050536	99.0
B, J	Firmicutes	Trichococcus collinsiium strain 37AN3	AJ306612	100
		Uncultured clone IIA-2 from a chlorobenzene-dechlorinating consortium	AJ488083	100
C	Firmicutes	Uncultured clone TANB01 from a TCE-dechlorinating ground water	AY667266	95.2
D	Bacteroidetes	Uncultured clone 1A-16 from a chlorobenzene-dechlorinating consortium	AJ488070	94.7
E	Unidentified	Uncultured clone SHA-4 from a 1,2-DCP-dechlorinating consortium	AJ306785	95.9
F, L	Bacteroidetes	Uncultured clone SHA-94 from a 1,2-DCP-dechlorinating consortium	AJ306738	99.5
G	Spirochaetes	Uncultured clone WCHB1-40 from a polluted aquifer	AF050549	96.9
H	Firmicutes	Uncultured clone A41 from a tetrachloroethylene-dechlorinating consortium	AF158719	100
I	Gammaproteobacteria	Pseudomonas putida strain DSM 3601	AF509330	97.9
K	Alphaproteobacteria	Methylosinus trichosporium strain OB3b	Y18947	100

^aCorresponding DGGE bands are shown in Fig. 2.

^bTCE, trichloroethene; DCP, dichlorophenol.