Identification of bacteria isolated from the mesopelagic jellyfish Periphylla periphylla

Identification of 16 selected bacteria associated to the umbrella of Periphylla periphylla collected in the Irminger Sea based on sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene and BLAST against the NCBI nucleotide database. The table displays the first 3 hits from two blastn searches, one against all database entries and the second against type strains only. Nucleotide identities (%) with database hits and NCBI accession numbers assigned to the isolated bacteria are also displayed. Colonies were cultured either in marine broth, Hastings medium or Wickerham medium for comparison.