Phylogenetic Analysis and Screening of Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Activities of Culturable Bacteria Associated with the Ascidian Styela clava from the Yellow Sea, China

Table 2

Identification of the 183 bacterial strains isolated from S. clava collected from two different locations (Xiaoshi Island and Poyu Town) based on the similarities of the 16S rRNA gene sequences.

Phylum	Genus	Number of isolates from Xiaoshi Island	Number of isolates from Poyu Town
Actinobacteria	Citricoccus	0	1
	Micrococcus	4	0
	Kocuria	1	1
	Micromonospora	2	1
	Mycobacterium	1	0
	Rhodococcus	2	1
	Nocardiopsis	0	2
	Actinoalloteichus	1	0
	Saccharomonospora	0	1
	Streptomyces	21	24
Bacteroidetes	Tenacibaculum	0	1
Firmicutes	Bacillus	34	52
	Fictibacillus	1	2
	Halobacillus	2	0
	Oceanobacillus	1	0
	Virgibacillus	1	0
	Paenibacillus	0	1
	Salinicoccus	0	1
Proteobacteria (the class α-Proteobacteria)	Altererythrobacter	1	0
	Phaeobacter	1	0
	Ruegeria	4	0
Proteobacteria (the class γ-Proteobacteria)	Citrobacter	0	1
	Halomonas	2	2
	Microbulbifer	2	0
	Shewanella	1	1
	Vibrio	5	4
Total number		87	96