Bacterial Diversity and Bioremediation Potential of the Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea)

Table 5

Phylogenetic identification of bacteria from sequenced DGGE bands (see Figure 4 for band correspondence). The column “Environment” reports the habitat in which the “Closest relative” sequence present in NCBI database was detected.

Band	Sample	Closest relative (Acc. No.)	Identity (%)	Phylum	Environment
1	P1	Unc. Bacterium (FR851749)	99	Actinobacteria	Coral reef sands
2	P1	Unc. Acidobacteria (JF344347)	97	Acidobacteria	Oil-polluted sediments
3	P3	Unc. Bacterium (FR851749)	99	Actinobacteria	Coral reef sands
4	Q2	Unc. Bacterium (JN453366)	95	Bacteroidetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
5	Q2	Unc. Bacterium (JN470103)	96	Bacteroidetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
6	Q2	Unc. Bacterium (JN530286)	98	Spirochaetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
7	Q3	Unc. Bacterium (JN530286)	97	Spirochaetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
8	R3	Unc. Bacterium (KC574864)	95	Bacteroidetes	—
9	R3	Unc. Bacterium (KC574864)	94	Bacteroidetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
10	S1	Unc. Bacterium (JN529047)	93	Bacteroidetes	Hypersaline microbial mat
11	S1	Unc. Bacteroidetes (AF507860)	97	Bacteroidetes	Meromictic soda lake
12	S1	Unc. Bacterium (KF268891)	99	Bacteroidetes	Marine sediment
13	S3	Unc. Bacteroidetes (AF507860)	97	Bacteroidetes	Meromictic soda lake
14	S3	Unc. Bacterium (KF268891)	99	Bacteroidetes	Marine sediment