Research Article

Microbial Community Analysis of a Methane-Producing Biocathode in a Bioelectrochemical System

Table 2

Archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences of the methane-producing biocathode and their similarity with their closest cultured relative. The NCBI accession no. is given in parentheses.

ā€‰Clone numberClosest relativeSimilarity (%)Closest cultured relativeSimilarity (%)GenBank no.

Archaea1379-1A8rMethanobacterium palustre strain 21 (DQ649333.1) or strain Z2 (DQ649332.1)99Methanobacterium palustre strain DSM 3108 (NR_041713.1)98KC821542
1379-1A19rMethanobacterium palustre strain 21 (DQ649333.1) or strain Z2 (DQ649332.1)99Methanobacterium palustre strain DSM 3108 (NR_041713.1)98KC821543
1379-1A1Uncultured Methanobacteriaceae archaeon clone LrhA43 (AJ879024.1)99Methanobacterium aarhusense strain H2-LR (NR_042895.1)96KC821541

Bacteria1379-1-24rMethylocystis sp. WRS (AY007196.1)99Methylocystis sp. SC2 strain SC2 (NR_074220.1)98KC821549
1379-1-23rOttowia sp. RB1-10B (EU882843.1) or O. pentelensis strain RB3-7 (EU518930.1)99Acidovorax caeni strain R-24608 (NR_042427.1)
or Hydrogenophaga caeni strain EMB71 (NR_043769.1)
98KC821548
1379-1-6rUncultured delta proteobacterium clone MBNTA-bac1 (DQ205193.1)98Desulfovibrio putealis strain B7-43 (NR_029118.1)97KC821546
1379-1-2Uncultured bacterium clone YC50 (GU062460.1)99Petrimonas sulfuriphila strain BN3 (NR_042987.1)96KC821544
1379-1-5rUncultured Bacteroides sp. clone 30-S33 (JX462549.1)99Petrimonas sulfuriphila strain BN3 (NR_042987.1)95KC821545
1379-1-17Ottowia sp. RB1-10B (EU882843.1) or O. pentelensis strain RB3-7 (EU518930.1)99Ottowia thiooxydans strain K11 (NR_029001.1)95KC821547