Table 1 Average amino acid (AAI) identity table of DCMF and related bacteria from the Peptococcaceae family.

From: Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family

Taxon

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

1. DCMF*

100.0

           

2. Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum DMC*

66.5

100.0

          

3. Thermincola potens JR

55.2

54.7

100.0

         

4. Desulfosporosinus orientis DSM 765

54.1

53.8

53.6

100.0

        

5. Desulfotomaculm nigrificans CO-1-SRB

54.0

54.8

57.8

53.4

100.0

       

6. Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum SI

54.0

53.3

58.3

52.0

61.1

100.0

      

7. Desulfofarcimen acetoxidans DSM 771

54.0

53.3

56.3

53.1

59.5

60.1

100.0

     

8. Desulfitobacterium hafniense DCB-2

53.4

54.5

53.2

63.6

53.2

52.1

52.4

100.0

    

9. Dehalobacter sp. CF

53.3

56.1

52.5

58.2

52.0

51.5

52.6

58.5

100.0

   

10. ‘Candidatus Dichloromethanomonas elyunquensis’ RM*

53.1

53.1

53.2

59.5

52.5

52.4

52.2

59.2

70.0

100.0

  

11. Desulfitibacterium metallireducens DSM 15288

53.1

53.4

53.4

65.1

53.2

52.9

52.6

68.1

58.5

59.5

100.0

 

12. Syntrophpbotulus glycolicus DSM 8271

52.5

53.7

52.5

57.9

52.1

51.7

52.1

58.3

62.8

63.8

58.1

100.0

  1. Bacteria are listed in order of highest to lowest AAI to DCMF and only the species with the highest AAI value was taken from each genus. Dichloromethane-degrading bacteria are marked with an asterisk (*). Numbers in the header correspond to the taxa in the left-hand column.