Major phylotype | No. of clone in each libraryb | Database match (Accesion no.) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Soil (day 0) | Phase I (day 46) | Phase III (day 137) | Phase IV (day 216) | Phase V (day 306) |  |
Firmicutes | ||||||
   Mfc-1 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 95% Ethanoligenens harbinense YUAN-3 (AY295777) |
   Mfc-2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 95% Clostridium sp. Z6 (AY949859) |
   Mfc-3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 94% Propionispora hapie (AJ508928) |
   Mfc-4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88% Clostridium sp. JC3 (AB093546) |
   Mfc-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 99% Clostridium celerecrescens (X71848) |
   Othersc | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 |  |
Chloroflexi | ||||||
   Mfc-6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 92% Leptolinea tardivitalis YMTK-2 (AB109438) |
   Othersc | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Bacteroidetes | ||||||
   Mfc-7 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 91% Paludibacter propionicigens (AB078842) |
   Othersc | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
Spirochaetes | ||||||
   Mfc-8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 92% Treponema denticola ATCC35405 (AE017226) |
   Othersc | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Proteobacteria | ||||||
   Mfc-9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 97% Rhizobiales bacterium RR54 (AB174822) |
   Mfc-10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 96% Myxobacterium sp. KC (AF482687) |
   Soil-1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99% Achromobacter xylosoxidans (AF411021) |
   Soil-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99% Stenotrophomonas maltophilia E2 (AY841799) |
   Othersc | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |  |
Euryarchaeota | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Mfc-11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 99% Methanobacterium bryantii RiH2 (AF028688) |
   Othersc | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  |
Other phyla and unknown clones | ||||||
   Othersc | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 |  |
Total clone | 93 | 142 | 75 | 115 | 129 | Â |
Ratio (%)d | 17 | 80 | 88 | 90 | 85 | Â |