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. 2005 Dec;71(12):8201–8206. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8201-8206.2005

TABLE 2.

Results from reverse line blot hybridization with 15 probes specific for freshwater bacterial groups

Probea Bacterial cluster targetedb Phylogenetic affiliation Similarity within cluster (%) No. of positive lakes Positive lakes in regionsc
Svalbard Lappland Jämtland Uppland
LD12-143 LD12 cluster Alphaproteobacteria 99 11 SA All ÅN TG, SF, HÅ, VA
Rho-BAL47-396 Rhodoferax sp. strain BAL 47 cluster Betaproteobacteria 95 15 All All ÅN All
Rpicketti-490 Ralstonia pickettii cluster Betaproteobacteria 95 12 All All ÅN HÅ, ÄP
CR-FL23-464 PnecA1 cluster Betaproteobacteria 98 8 None All ÅN TG, SF
LD28-451 LD28 cluster Betaproteobacteria 97 12 SA, TV All ÅN TG, SF, HÅ, VA
GKS98-442 GKS98 cluster Betaproteobacteria 98 12 SA, TV, ØV All ÅN TG, SF, HÅ
Mpsychro-211 Methylobacter psychrophilus cluster Gammaproteobacteria 99 1 None None None
ACK-M1-193 ACK-M1 cluster Actinobacteria 91 15 All All ÅN All
Sta230-187 Sta2-30 cluster Actinobacteria 99 13 SA, TV, ØV All ÅN TG, SF, HÅ, VA
Urk014-126 Urk-014 cluster Actinobacteria 98 2 TV None None TG
CL0-14-464 CL0-14 cluster Verrucomicrobia 98 14 SA, TV, ØV All ÅN All
FukuN18-221 FukuN18 cluster Verrucomicrobia 93 3 None UB None HÅ, VA
Syn/Pro-415 Synechococcus cluster 6b Cyanobacteria 95 2 None None ÅN VA
Oagardhii-425 Planktothrix agardhii cluster Cyanobacteria 99 0 None None None None
Aflosaquae-199 A. flos-aquae cluster Cyanobacteria 96 0 None None None None
a

The probes are described in reference 31.

b

The clusters were defined previously (9, 23, 30, 31).

c

For abbreviations see Table 1.