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Probing environmental DNA reveals circum-Baltic presence and diversity of chlorophyll a/b-containing filamentous cyanobacteria (genus Prochlorothrix)

Hydrobiologia

Natalia Velichko, Svetlana Averina, Olga Gavrilova, Natalia Ivanikova, Alexander V. Pinevich

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, St. PetersburgStateUniversity, St. Petersburg, Russia

Corresponding author: Alexander V. Pinevich, E-mail:

Table S1 Maximum-likelihood similarity of Prochlorothrix 16S rRNA gene partial sequences (%; BLAST comparison)

16S rRNA gene partial sequence / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
1) AM709625; P. hollandica SAG 10.89, LakeLoosdrecht, The Netherlands / 100 / 99 / 99 / 99 / 99 / 99 / 98 / 98 / 96 / 96 / 97 / 97 / 95 / 93 / 93 / 92
2) AJ534944;P. scandica NIVA-8/90, Lake Mälaren, Sweden / 99 / 100 / 99 / 99 / 99 / 99 / 98 / 97 / 96 / 96 / 96 / * / 94 / 92 / 93 / 92
3) AJ007866; uncultured clone LD16, LakeLoosdrecht / 99 / 99 / 100 / 99 / 99 / 97 / 98 /  / 96 / 96 / 96 / 96 / 94 / 93 /  / 92
4) AJ006285; uncultured clone LD22, LakeLoosdrecht / 99 / 99 / 99 / 100 /  / 99 / 98 /  / 95 / 95 /  /  / 93 / 92 / 91 / 92
5) AJ534945; uncultured clone, Darss-Zingst estuary, Baltic Sea, Germany / 99 / 99 / 99 /  / 100 /  / 98 /  / 97 / 97 / 98 / 98 / 96 /  / 95 / 
6) FN423835; uncultured clone GF1-26, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, Finland / 99 / 99 / 97 / 99 /  / 100 /  / 99 /  /  /  /  / 95 / 94 / 94 / 
7) JQ739142; uncultured clone, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, Russia / 98 / 98 / 98 /  / 98 /  / 100 /  / 98 / 98 / 97 / 97 /  /  /  / 
8) JN371662; uncultured clone B12-46, Lake Taihu, China / 98 / 97 /  /  /  / 99 /  / 100 / 95 / 95 /  /  / 95 /  / 95 / 
9) DQ450184; uncultured clone R1C7, La Rocha Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay / 96 / 96 / 96 / 95 / 97 /  /  / 95 / 100 / 99 / 98 / 98 / 94 / 93 / 93 / 
10) DQ450193; uncultured clone RS17, La Rocha Bay / 96 / 96 / 96 / 95 / 97 /  /  / 95 / 99 / 100 / 98 / 98 / 94 / 93 / 93 / 
11) FJ355043; uncultured clone Lc2yS22 ML317, Lake Charleys, Louisiana, USA / 97 / 96 / 96 /  / 98 /  /  /  / 98 / 98 / 100 / 99 / 95 /  /  / 
12) FJ350044; uncultured clone 051025 T2S4 WT, Lake Pontchantrain, Louisiana, USA / 95 /  /  /  / 98 /  /  /  / 98 / 98 / 99 / 100 /  /  /  / 
13) JQ347313; uncultured clone AP 19, DayaBay, South China Sea, China / 94 / 94 / 94 / 93 / 96 / 95 /  / 95 / 94 / 94 / 95 / 95 / 100 / 93 / 93 / 
14) AJ007864; uncultured clone LD7, LakeLoosdrecht / 93 / 92 / 93 / 92 /  / 94 /  / 95 /  / 93 /  /  / 93 / 100 / 99 / 
15) FJ612351; uncultured clone DP10 2.29, Lake Dongping, China / 93 / 93 / 93 / 91 / 95 / 94 /  / 95 / 93 / 93 /  / 95 / 93 / 99 / 100 / 
16) JQ700557; uncultured clone Biofilm16, LakeBaikal, East Siberia, Russia / 92 / 92 / 92 / 92 /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / 100

*sequences do not overlap