Table 4.

16S rRNA gene taxonomic affiliation of 26 of the sponge-associated bacterial isolates showing antibacterial activities against one or more indicator strains.

Phylum/Class	Closest Relative (as Present in EzTaxon)	Identity (%)	Isolate	Isolation Medium
Actinobacteria	Aeromicrobium erythreum NRRL B-3381	96.5	PE09-221	GYM
	Arthrobacter citreus DSM 20133	99.9	PE09-119	ACM
	Brevibacterium luteolum CF87	100	PE09-168	GYM
	Citricoccus nitrophenolicus PNP1	99.7	PE09-100	SCN
	Citricoccus nitrophenolicus PNP1	99.8	PE09-110	172
	Curtobacterium oceanosedimentum ATCC 31317	99.3	PE09-7	GYM
	Micrococcus yunnanensis YIM 65004	99.7	PE07-133	R2A
Firmicutes	Bacillus kochii WCC 4582	99.5	PE07-103	MAA
	Bacillus marisflavi TF-11	100	PE07-7	ZBA
	Bacillus vietnamesis B-23890	99.7	PE07-5	ZBA
	Bacillus zhangzhouensis DW5-4	99.9	PE09-72	ZBA
	Bacillus vietnamesis B-23890	99.7	PE07-144	ZBA
	Oceanobacillus picturae LMG 19492	99.5	PE07-105	MAA
	Oceanobacillus picturae LMG 19492	100	PE09-108	ZBA
	Sporosarcina aquimarina SW28	98.8	PE07-172	172
	Staphylococcus cohnii ATCC 29974	100	PE07-204	ZBA
	Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCA 1490	99.9	PE07-201	TSA
	Staphylococcus warneri ATCC 27836	99.9	PE07-200	TSA
Gammaproteobacteria	Halomonas titanicae	99.9	PE09-210	CCA
	Halomonas titanicae	99.9	PE09-228	SEM
	Halomonas titanicae	99.9	PE09-229	SEM
	Kushneria pakistanensis NCCP-934	98.9	PE09-73	PMM
	Kushneria pakistanensis NCCP-934	98.9	PE09-124	ACM
	Kushneria pakistanensis NCCP-934	98.9	PE09-266	ANFA
	Pseudomonas fulva NBRC 16637	100	PE09-140	SNA
	Pseudomonas fulva NBRC 16637	100	PE09-197	ANFA
	Psychrobacter alimentarius JG-100	99.9	PE09-87	ACM
Alphaproteobacteria	Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola DSM 16392	100	PE09-55	TSA