TABLE 1.

Grouping of cloned amplified partial 16S rRNA genes

Restriction group	No. of cloned fragments	Cloned fragment(s) sequenced	Subdivision of Verrucomicrobiaa
1	5	EV101, EV118	2
2	1	EV102	3
3	3	EV103, EV116	3
4	2	EV104, EV134	3
5	23	EV105, EV107,b EV109, EV111, EV151, EV154, EV155	3
6	11	EV106, EV108, EV152, EV153	3
7	6	EV110, EV117, EV139	3
8	1	EV112b	Noneb
9	1	EV133	3

^aDesignations are those of Hugenholtz et al. (12). 

^bPossibly of chimeric origin.