TABLE 3.
Archaeal 16S rDNA sequences obtained from natural gas pipeline samples
| Closest relative in GenBank (accession no.) | Retrieved from sample:
|
% Identity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | A2 | S2L | ||
| Methanobacterium curvum (AF276958) | + | 99 | ||
| Methanocalculus halotolerans (AF033672) | + | 99 | ||
| Methanoculleus sp. clone A3 (AJ133793) | + | 90 | ||
| Methanofollis liminatans (DSM4140) (Y16428) | + | + | + | 95-98 |
| Methanofollis sp. strain N2F9704 (AF262035) | + | 94 | ||
| Methanohalophilus euhalobius (X98192) | + | + | 96 | |
| Methanolobus vulcani (U20155) | + | 97 | ||
| Methanosarcina barkeri strain CM1 (AJ002476) | + | + | + | 99 |
| Methanosarcina siciliae (U89773) | + | + | 99 | |
| Methanospirillum hungatei (M60880) | + | + | 96 | |
| Uncultured archaeon Arc No. 5 (AF395423) | + | + | + | 96-99 |
| Uncultured archaeon clone GW70-10-2 (AY062229) | + | 98 | ||
| Uncultured archaeon clone RS500-12 (AY063697) | + | 96 | ||
| Uncultured archaeon SAGMA-J2 (AB050215) | + | 99 | ||
| Uncultured Methanosarcinaceae archaeon Gap-A19 (AF399332) | + | 99 | ||
| Unidentified archaeon clone vadinCA25 (U81777) | + | + | 99 | |
| Unidentified archaeon clone vadinDC06 (U81775) | + | 98 | ||
| Unidentified methanogen ARC43 (AF029201) | + | 97 | ||
| Unidentified methanogen ARC62 (AF029205) | + | + | + | 97 |