Table 3. Summary and comparison of rRNA sequence identities associated with potentially pathogenic microbes from public databases and the relative abundance of selected sequences to all sequences compiled in clone libraries.

Nearest relative for potential pathogens*	% identity†	Clones‡	Clone	Sample	Sampling date
M. avium complex	99	108/325	MB1008c6	Pool air	Feb. 2001
M. avium complex	99	5/357	MC0401c1	Pool air	Aug. 2001
M. avium complex	99	7/183	MC0424c9	Pool sides§	Aug. 2001
M. asiaticum	98	2/325	MB0510c4	Pool air	Feb. 2001
M. asiaticum	99	10/357	MC0411c5	Pool air	Aug. 2001
M. asiaticum	99	55/183	MC0508c9	Pool sides§	Aug. 2001
M. fortuitum	99	34/325	MB051512	Pool air	Feb. 2001
M. gordonae	99	1/325	MB100811	Pool air	Feb. 2001
M. diemhoferi	99	7/357	MC0610c3	Pool air	Aug. 2001
Staphylococcus hominis	99	2/325	MB050710	Pool air	Feb. 2001
Staphylococcus hominis	99	8/357	MC061013	Pool air	Aug. 2001
Streptococcus pneumoniae	99	6/357	MC0604c7	Pool air	Aug. 2001
P. melaninogenica	99	1/325	MB050715	Pool air	Feb. 2001
P. melaninogenica	98	1/51	MB1001c1	Pool water	Feb. 2001
A. otitis	98	2/357	MC040916	Pool air	Aug. 2001
Gemella morbillorum	99	4/357	MC061116	Pool air	Aug. 2001
Veillonella atypica	99	2/51	MB1003c3	Pool water	Feb. 2001
Coriobacterium glomerans	99	2/51	MB100111	Pool water	Feb. 2001

^*Based on arb alignment and identification.

^†Based on blastn identification.

^‡Number of clones per total number of clones in sample.

^§Pool water and sides of the pool.