TABLE 4.

Sequence similarities of the excised eukaryotic bands that appear in Fig. 4^a

Band		Closest relative
No.	% Simi-larity	Species	Accession no.	Taxonomic description
1	89.5	Entrophospora sp.	Z14011	Fungi
2	98.2	Cyclidium glaucoma	Z22879	Ciliophora
3	84.6	Gymnodinium beii	U37406	Dinophyceae
4	82.5	Paulinella chromatophora	X81811	Euglyphina
5	93.1	Scypha ciliata	L10827	Porifera
6	99.4	Brachionus plicatilis	U49911	Rotifera
7	99.4	Brachionus plicatilis	U49911	Rotifera
8	91.4	Cymindis punctigera	AF002773	Arthropoda
9	97.5	Brachionus plicatilis	U49911	Rotifera

^aSequences were aligned to their closest relatives from the EMBL database. The similarity was calculated with gaps and ambiguities not taken into account.