Fig. 1.

Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis. Phylogenetic tree showing the position of strain V22^T. 16S rRNA gene sequence- and MLSA-based phylogeny was computed as described in the Material and Methods section. Bootstrap values after 1,000 re-samplings (16S rRNA-based tree) are given at the nodes (in %). The outgroup consists of three 16S rRNA genes from the PVC superphylum outside of the phylum Planctomycetes (GenBank accession numbers AJ229235, NR_146840 and NR_027571). In the MLSA-based tree confidence values are given at the nodes (in %). Six species of the family Pirellulaceae served as outgroup