TABLE 2.

Relationships of granite isolates to environmental Bacillus isolates

Group(s)	Species	Strain	Accession no.	Environmental origin	% Identity	Reference
I, II, III, V, VI, VII	Bacillus sp.	R-16769	AJ748259	Soil, Mars oasis, Antarctica	99.1-100	Rodriguez-Diaz et al., unpublished
	B. megaterium	SAFN-002	AY167824	SAF	98.6	Venkateswaran, unpublished
		SAFR-038	AY167862	SAF	98.6
		SAFR-011	AY167865	SAF	98.9-99.3
		SAFR-040	AY167861	SAF	98.7-99.3
	Bacillus sp.	LMG20240	AJ316310	Biodeteriorated mural painting	98.9-100	17
		LMG19497	AJ315065	Biodeteriorated mural painting	98.9-100
	Bacillus sp.	L2 (Kartchner)	DQ192209	Kartchner Caverns, AZ	98.6	Ikner et al., unpublished
	B. megaterium	KL-197	AY030338	SAF	99.1-99.4	54
IV	B. barbaricus	VII-B3-A2 (type strain)	AJ422145	Experimental wall painting	87.1	50
	B. decolorationis	LMG19507 (type strain)	AJ315075	Biodeteriorated mural painting	78.9	Heyrman et al., unpublished
	B. arsenicus	con a/3	AJ606700	Siderite concretion	82.3	48
	Bacillus spp.	HTA437	AB002642	Sea floor sediment, Mariana trench	97.5	51
		HTA506	AB002643	Sea floor sediment, Mariana trench	97.1
VIII, IX	B. simplex	LMG19489	AJ628744	Biodeteriorated mural painting	98.5-98.6	Heyrman et al., unpublished
		LMG21002	AJ628745	Biodeteriorated mural painting	99.5-99.6
		LMG17633	AJ628746	Biodeteriorated mural painting	99.0-100
		LMG17636	AJ628747	Biodeteriorated mural painting	99.0-100
	Bacillus spp.	LMG19491	AJ315057	Biodeteriorated mural painting	99.2	17
		LMG19494	AJ315062	Biodeteriorated mural painting	99.1
	Bacillus spp.	HI-D3	DQ196470	Kartchner Caverns, AZ	99.7	Ikner et al., unpublished
		MI-qb2	DQ196481		99.2
X	B. niacini	SAFN-019	AY167811	SAF	94.0	Venkateswaran, unpublished
	Bacillus spp.	LMG19498	AJ315066	Biodeteriorated mural painting	94.6	17
		LMG20241	AJ316313	Biodeteriorated mural painting	94.0
XI	Bacillus spp.	Various	Various	Soils, sediments, tap water biofilms	94.1-97.2	RDP
XII	B. niacini	SAFN-019	AY167811	SAF	94.6	Venkateswaran, unpublished