Research Article
Analysis of the Bacterial Diversity Associated with the Roots of Maize (Zea mays L.) through Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods
Table 3
Assignment and abundance of ITS clones (culture-independent approach) of bacterial endophytes of maize seedlings cv. Monsanto DK684RR2.
| Group | Clone | Closest NCBI match | % Identity | % sequence coverage | Nº clones | % clones | Accession number |
| Firmicutes (Gram + low G + C) | Bs6 | Bacillus thuringiensis serovar konkukian strain 97–27 (AE017355) | 98 | 100 | 3 | 3.24 | HQ336322 | Bs27 | Bacillus sp. CP8 (GU905014) | 99 | 100 | 11 | 11.87 | HQ336323 | Bacillus mycoides strain 4749 (GQ255890) | 98 | 100 | Bs28 | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 (CP000560) | 100 | 100 | 5 | 5.39 | HQ336324 |
| γ-Proteobacteria (Gram −) | Bs2 | Uncultured bacterium clone 6 (DQ011253) | 92 | 100 | 6 | 6.45 | HQ336325 | Klebsiella oxytoca strain g1755 (EU623326) | 92 | 100 | Bs17 | Klebsiella variicola At-22 (CP001891) | 97 | 100 | 8 | 8.60 | HQ336326 | Bs85 | Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae MGH78578 (CP000647) | 95 | 100 | 2 | 2.16 | HQ336327 | Bs89 | Klebsiella oxytoca strain g1755 (EU623329) | 92 | 100 | 1 | 1.08 | HQ336328 | Bs43 | Erwinia rhapontici strain ATCC 29283 (AF232678) | 92 | 100 | 7 | 7.54 | HQ336329 | Bs44 | Erwinia pyrifoliae strain WT10 (EF422400) | 90 | 100 | 5 | 5.38 | HQ336330 | Bs83 | Uncultured bacterium clone 7 (DQ011254) | 96 | 100 | 27 | 28.94 | HQ336331 | Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae ATCC 13047 (CP001918) | 94 | 100 | Bs54 | Uncultured Stenotrophomonas sp. clone 5TC3 (GQ228658) | 98 | 100 | 17 | 18.27 | HQ336332 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilla K279a (AM743169) | 97 | 100 | Bs68 | Pseudomonas tolaasii LMG 2342 (AF364307) | 96 | 100 | 1 | 1.08 | HQ336333 |
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