1 6S rRNA TABLE 1. Distribution of unique prokaryotic species with more than one 16s rrNa gene by phylum No, of 16s rRNA genes per genome %o diversity Phylum species Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Proteobacteria 210 2.09 firmicutes 5.97 3.13 0.46 6.70 1.00 Actinobacteria 691 3.64 556447352 1,40 0.00 0.10 1.30 0.23 0.38 1.28 Cyanobacteria 0.93 0.06 0 Bacteroidetes 4.90 1.79 0.34 1.30 0.47 chlorobi 2.17 0.41 0.04 0.14 0.06 Chloroflexi 066654432 3.00 1.10 0.57 1.08 0.46 spirochaetes 20.38 Aquificae 2.20 0.45 0.00 0.04 0.20 0.09 Deinococcus- Thermus 22222222222532 2.75 0.50 0.30 1.06 0.51 enmotogae 0.00 0.50 0.24 0.00 0.45 Dictyoglomi 2 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.0 Tenericutes 0.04 0.05 Fusobacteria 1 5.00 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Summary 425 4.45 2.66 0.00 0.30 20.38 1.12 The high average diversity is due to the 20.38% diversity in Borrelia afzelii Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2010, 76(12): 3886Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2010, 76(12):3886. 16s rRNA