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. 2007 Mar 16;73(10):3196–3204. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02610-06

TABLE 1.

Phylogenetic classification of 16S rRNA genes in clone libraries generated from DNA-SIP of soil incubated with or without 15N2

Taxonomic designation No. of 16S rRNA sequences for soil witha:
14N2 15N2
Alphaproteobacteria
    Rhodospirillales
        Unclassified Rhodospirillales 1 1
    Rhizobiales
        Methylocystis 0 1
        Bradyrhizobium 3 4
        Rhodoplanes 2 11ψ
        Labrys 1 0
    Unclassified Alphaproteobacteria 1 2
Betaproteobacteria
    Burkholderiales
        Massilia 1 0
        Ralstonia 2 1
        Delftia 2 0
        Insertae sedis 5 2 0
    Unclassified Betaproteobacteria 0
Gammaproteobacteria
    Xanthomonadales 1 1
    Unclassified Gammaproteobacteria 0 1
Deltaproteobacteria
    Myxococcales
        Nannocystaceae 2 1
    Desulfuromonales
        Geobacter 2 0
        Unclassified Desulfuromonales 1 0
    Unclassified Deltaproteobacteria 2 1
WS3
    Unclassified WS3 0 2
Actinobacteria
    Acidimicrobiales
        Acidimicrobium 2 2
    Actinomycetales
        Mycobacterium 0 1
        Propionibacterium 1 1
    Unclassified Actinobacteria 0
Firmicutes
    Clostridiales
        Unclassified Acidaminococcaceae 0 1
Acidobacteria
    Acidobacteriales
        Acidobacterium 2 2
        Unclassified Acidobacteriaceae 5 5
Planctomycetes
    Planctomycetales
        Isosphaera 1 0
        Pirellula 1 0
        Planctomyces 3 0
        Unclassified Planctomycetaceae 1 0
Verrucomicrobia
    Unclassified Verrucomicrobia 2 1
Gemmatimonadetes
    Gemmatimonadales
        Gemmatimonas 1 0
Cyanobacteria
    Subsection 4
        Unclassified family 4.1 0 1
Unclassified Bacteria 2 1
a

ψ, phylogenetic groups for which the number of 16S rRNA sequences recovered in the 15N2 library is significantly greater than that observed in the control library (Fisher's exact test; P < 0.05).