Phylogenetic status of strain RL was determined using 400 conserved bacterial marker genes and representative whole genome sequences from 40 diverse Pseudomonas species as available in NCBI database (
The Thiothrix 16S rRNA gene sequences isolated from Romanian niphargids in the course of this study were aligned with Thiothrix sequences present in GenBank using MAFFT's Q-INS-i option.
The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) is a curated database that offers ribosome-related data, analysis services and associated computer programs. The offerings include phylogenetically ordered alignme