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Table 2 Closest cultured strains of bacteria based on 16S rRNA Gene libraries from oil sample

From: Characterization of microbial communities in heavy crude oil from Saudi Arabia

Class

Closest Match

% Clone Library

% Match

Accession No.

Bacilli

Enterococcus aquimarinus (T); LMG 16607

64.4

(97.4)

AJ877015

55.3

 

Enterococcus aquimarinus; SS1788

4.6

(97.4)

GQ337015

 

Enterococcus inusitatus; type strain: E2ET31

2.3

(95.3)

AM050563

 

Staphylococcus sp. R-25050

1.1

(99.5)

AM084016

 

Amphibacillus sp. DA-6

1.1

(98.1)

AB533308

Clostridia

Clostridium sp. enrichment culture clone MB3_7

34.5

(97)

AM933653

19.6

 

Uncultured Clostridium sp. clone De155

11.6

(99)

HQ183771

 

Clostridium bifermentans; DPH-1

1.1

(99.1)

EU526032

 

Clostridia bacterium S130(5)-2

1.1

(99.3)

GU136559

 

Clostridium sp. CYP7

1.1

(99)

DQ479417

Gammaproteobacteria

Serratia fonticola

1.1

(97.9)

AJ233429

1.1