Research Article

Characterization of Corrosive Bacterial Consortia Isolated from Water in a Cooling Tower

Table 3

16S rRNA sequence analysis of the bacterial isolates.

Name of the isolates Taxonomic phylumClosest relationship in GenBankSimilarity (%)Microbial group identified

ARTYP1 GammaproteobacteriaPseudomonas putida (EU849665)99.2Pseudomonas putida (FJ755909)
ARTYP2Pseudomonas aeruginosa (EU661707)99.0Pseudomonas aeruginosa (FJ755910)
ARTYP5Pseudomonas mosselii (AM184215)99.5Pseudomonas mosselii (FJ755913)
ARTYP7Pseudomonas sp. (FN377741)98.6Pseudomonas sp. (FJ755915)

ARTYP3 BetaproteobacteriaMassilia timonae (EU274637)99.5Massilia timonae (FJ755911)
ARTYP4Massilia albidiflava (AY965999)98.5Massilia albidiflava (FJ755912)
ARTYP6Massilia plicata (AY966000)99.0Massilia plicata (FJ755914)