Research Article

The First Molecular Characterization of Picocyanobacteria from the Argentine Sea

Table 2

Analysis of 16S rRNA sequences from the DGGE excised bands (Figure 2) of environmental samples from the Argentine Sea. The isolated strains Syn-EPEA.1 and Syn-GEF.1 were used as reference. values of all sequences were 0.0.

SiteSampleBands selectedClosest relativesIdentity (%)CladeAccession number

GEF Syn GEF.1GEF.1 Synechococcus sp. Almo3 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.99.8IHE792894
GEF.2 Synechococcus sp. Almo3 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.100IHE687328

EPEA Syn EPEA.1EPEA.1Synechococcus sp. Almo3 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.99.6IHE687320
EPEA.2Synechococcus sp. Almo3 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.99.8IHE687321

27 Environmental 27.1Synechococcus sp. CC9311 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.100IHE687322
27.2 Synechococcus sp. CC 9902, complete genome.100IVHE687323

20Environmental20.1Synechococcus sp. Almo3 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.99.6IHE687324

66 Environmental66.1Synechococcus sp. CC9902, complete genome.99.6IVHE792895
66.2 Synechococcus sp. CC 9902, complete genome.100IVHE687325

62 Environmental62.1Synechococcus sp. RCC307 genomic DNA sequence.93.5subcluster 5.3HE687326
62.2Synechococcus sp. CC9311 16S rRNA gene, partial sequence.99.3IHE687327