TABLE 5.
Phylogenetic affiliations of isolates from EBPR with HFMC on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences
| Taxonomic group | Closest species | Accession no. | % Similarity | No. of isolatesa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphaproteobacteria | Brevundimonas bacteroides | AJ227782 | 89 | 1 (1) |
| Betaproteobacteria | Comamonas terrigena | AM084011 | 95 | 1 (1) |
| Azospira oryzae | AF011347 | 99 | 4 | |
| Comamonas testosteroni | EF522133 | 98 | 1 | |
| Dechlorimonas agitatus | AF047462 | 92 | 1 (1) | |
| Delftia tsuruhatensis | DQ864991 | 96 | 1 (1) | |
| Delftia tsuruhatensis | DQ864991 | 97 | 1 | |
| Hydrogenophaga intermedia | AF019037 | 99 | 1 | |
| Gammaproteobacteria | Lysobacter brunescens | AB161360 | 99 | 2 |
| Pseudomonas anguilliseptica | DQ298027 | 99 | 2 | |
| Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana | AB246798 | 92 | 1 (1) | |
| Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens | DQ537219 | 92 | 1 (1) | |
| Actinobacteria | Rhodococcus erythropolis | AY281107 | 94 | 1 (1) |
| Bacteroidetes | Sphingobacterium faecium | AJ438176 | 87 | 1 (1) |
| Sphingobacterium multivorum | AB020205 | 96 | 1 (1) | |
| Sphingobacterium multivorum | EF059711 | 93 | 1 (1) |
a
The numbers in parentheses show the numbers of new phylotypes (a total of 10 from a total of 21 isolates).