Distribution of the 16S rDNA sequences (Fig. 2) and the isolates (Table 1) obtained from Lovinkhoeve soil samples over various bacterial divisions. prot alfa, α-Proteobacteria; green sulf, green sulfur bacteria; therm/dein, Thermococcus/Deinococcus; Hol/Acido, Holophaga/Acidobacterium; cyano, cyanobacteria.