Table 2.
Taxonomic affiliations, environmental sources, and percent identities of 16S rRNA genes from cultivated and environmental sources closest in sequence to that of the Arabian Sea isolate clone 4N
| Organism | Source | Identity, no. of identical nucleotides/total no. of nucleotides (%) | Accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labrenzia sp. strain PEB02 | Microbial mat, Ebro delta, Spain | 1,401/1,405 (99.72) | GU213158 |
| Labrenzia sp. strain w-2-2 | Karlodinium micrum (Dinophyceae) | 1,401/1,405 (99.72) | GQ495021 |
| L. aggregata strain 2PR58-2 | Southwest Indian Ocean deep-sea water | 1,401/1,405 (99.72) | EU440961 |
| Bacterium K2-26 | Lake Kauhako, Hawaii | 1,401/1,405 (99.72) | AY345441 |
| Labrenzia sp. strain PEB05 | Microbial mat, Ebro delta, Spain | 1,400/1,405 (99.64) | GU213161 |
| Symbiont CV812-530 | Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | 1,390/1,394 (99.71) | AF246614 |
| L. aggregata IAM 12614 | Baltic Sea, sediment | 1,397/1,405 (99.43) | D88520 |
| Labrenzia sp. strain MK16 | Salt marsh, southwest South Korea | 1,386/1,395 (99.35) | AY690722 |
| Epibiont alphaproteobacterium PM05 | Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries (Bacillariophyceae) | 1,365/1,377 (99.12) | AY548766 |