TABLE 1.

Closest phylogenetic affiliations of sequences retrieved from selected bands excised from DGGE gel^a

Band	Source	Closest phylogenetic affiliation
		Strain	Source	Phylum	GenBank accession no.	Similarity (%)
a	Water	Uncultured Roseobacter sp. clone 2_C6	Coastal seawater from Ria de Vigo, Spain	Alphaproteobacteria	EU600651	94
b	Water	Uncultured Rhodobacteriales bacterium clone HF70_26K06	Seawater from Hawaii Ocean, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre	Alphaproteobacteria	EU361404	94
c	Adult	Uncultured sponge symbiont PAUC37f	Marine sponge Theonella swinhoei from the Western Caroline Islands in the Republic of Palau	Acidobacteria	AF186413	97
d	Adult	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK067	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076103	96
e	Adult	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK053	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076110	95
f	Adult	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK017	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076100	99
g	Adult	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK064	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076111	96
h	Embryo	Uncultured sponge symbiont PAUC37f	Marine sponge Theonella swinhoei from the Western Caroline Islands in the Republic of Palau	Acidobacteria	AF186413	99
i	Embryo	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK067	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076103	99
j	Embryo	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK053	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076110	99
k	Embryo	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK017	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076100	99
l	Embryo	Uncultured Chloroflexi bacterium clone PK064	Marine sponge Plakortis sp. from Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Chloroflexi	EF076111	98

^aThe sequences of excised bands were compared to nucleotide sequences deposited in GenBank. The closest phylogenetic affiliation for the sequence from each band is indicated by the strain name, phylum, accession number, and similarity. Refer to Fig. 1 for band positions.