TABLE 3.
Distribution of clones in the fresh and mature sludge bacterial clone libraries
| Putative division | No. of clones (no. of phylotypes)
|
Closest cultured species or environmental clone (accession no.)a | % Sequence identity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-B | M-B | |||
| Firmicutes | ||||
| Clostridiales | 69 (9) | 82 (15) | Clone TIBH10 (DQ887962.1) | 90-99 |
| 1 (1) | 11 (3) | Clone MBA02 (AB114312.1) | 98-99 | |
| 19 (6) | 12 (5) | Clone GMB4D08 (DQ887933.1) | 90-99 | |
| 0 | 4 (3) | Clone GMB4H01 (DQ887946.1) | 88-97 | |
| 2 (1) | 2 (2) | Clone MRE50b01 (AY684075.1) | 92 | |
| 9 (2) | 10 (4) | Clone GMB4C10 (DQ887942.1) | 98 | |
| 2 (1) | 7 (4) | Clone TIBA10 (DQ887956.1) | 93-98 | |
| 11 (4) | 4 (4) | Carboxydocella ferrireducens (EF092457.1) | 83-87 | |
| 4 (3) | 1 (1) | Catabacter hongkongensis (AY574991.1) | 86-88 | |
| 9 (2) | 6 (2) | Tepidimicrobium quinonicus (AY656718.1) | 93-94 | |
| 6 (2) | 6 (3) | Clostridium cellulolyticum (X71847.1) | 91 | |
| 6 (1) | 1 (1) | Clostridium piliforme (D14639.1) | 86 | |
| 1 (1) | 0 | Clostridium stercorarium (AJ310082.1) | 90 | |
| 0 | 2 (1) | Clostridium ultunense (Z69293.1) | 94 | |
| 0 | 1 (1) | Syntrophomonas erecta (AY536889.1) | 90 | |
| 0 | 1 (1) | Syntrophomonas wolfei (M26492.1) | 94 | |
| 0 | 1 (1) | Pelotomaculum isophthalicicum (AB232785.1) | 94 | |
| Halanaerobiales | 40 (6) | 30 (9) | Halocella cellulosilytica (X89072.1) | 91-92 |
| Bacillales | 9 (3) | 4 (4) | Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (AF067651.1) | 82-87 |
| Thermotogae | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | Petrotoga mobilis (Y15479.1) | 77-91 |
| Bacteroidetes | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | Bacteroides uniformis (AB050110.1) | 84 |
| 0 | 1 (1) | Clone GMB4C12 (DQ887931.1) | 99 | |
a
Environmental clones are given for sequences not closely related to any cultured species.