Supplementary table: Phylogenetic affiliation, following BLAST searches, of the sequences retrieved from the DGGE bands in Fig.1. A.N.: accession number. n.a: not available.

Sequence number
(A.N.) / Closest match / GenBank
A.N. / Fragment
length (bp) / Sequence
Similarity
(%) / Source of the closest match / Closest phylogenetic affiliation of this match to a specific genus or species (% of sequence similarity) / Source / Phylogenetic group
1
(FJ664447) / Uncultured bacterium BASDPH2 / AJ865591 / 163 / 97.4 / Maritime Antarctic lake, Signy Island / Flavobacterium sp. 3008 (96.8) / Glacier No.1, Tianshan Mountain, China / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
2
(FJ664448) / Uncultured bacterium partial clone J2. / AM904859 / 165 / 100.0 / Antarctic glacial ice cores / Sejongia marina str. IMCC3228 (98.1) / Antarctic seawater / Bacteroidetes, Sejongia
3
(AJ664449) / Uncultured bacterium lake 2.4 / AY780717 / 157 / 96.4 / Volcanic crater lake, Iceland / Bacteria
4
(AJ664450) / Arctic sea ice bacterium ARK10270 / AF468431 / 186 / 96.2 / Arctic sea ice / Flavobacterium arcticum (95.5) / Freshwater sediments, Arctic / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
5
(AJ664451) / Sphingobacteriaceae bacterium SP4AG4 / AM397050 / 160 / 97.5 / Fild soil, Saana, Finland / Bacteroidetes, Sphingobacteriaceae
6
(AJ664452) / Uncultured Cytophagales bacterium clone 26 / AF361199 / 163 / 99.0 / Mesoeutrophic reservoir / Bacteroidetes; Sphingobacteriales
7
(AJ664453) / Flavobacteriaceae bacterium 4 / FJ152552 / 170 / 99.4 / Cotton Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteriaceae
8
(AJ664454) / Flavobacterium sp. GOBB3-C103-3 / AF321019 / 154 / 98.0 / Northern Baltic Sea / Flavobacterium degerlachei clone SE47 (97.3) / Arctic / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
9
(AJ664455) / Uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone LiUU11244 / AY509355 / 172 / 97.5 / Swedish lakes / Flavobacteriaceae bacterium AKS 622 (93.3) / Antarctic sea water / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteriaceae
10
(AJ664456) / Flavobacteriaceae bacterium 2 / FJ152550 / 151 / 98.7 / Cotton Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteriacea
11
(AJ664457) / Uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone KF-143 / EF445466 / 146 / 99.0 / Kafni Glacier, Himalayas / Bacteroidetes
12
(AJ664458) / Uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone P200-10 / DQ076441 / 154 / 95.5 / Puruogangri Glacier, Tibet / Bacteroidetes
13
(AJ664459) / Antarctic bacterium str. G003 / EU636062 / 160 / 98.8 / Collins Glacier, Antarctica / Flavobacterium sp. (96.9) / Puruogangri Glacier, Tibet / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
14
(AJ664460) / Uncultured bacterium clone IsoW3 / EU045187 / 153 / 92.1 / Arctic microbial mats / Flavobacterium sp. 0563 (92.1) / Glacier No.1, Tianshan Mountain, China / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
15
(AJ664461) / Flavobacterium gelidilacus str. LMG 21619 / AJ507151 / 163 / 99.3 / Ace Lake, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
16
(AJ664462) / Flavobacterium sp. PDD-14b-7 / DQ512791 / 173 / 99.4 / Tropospheric cloud water / Arctic sea ice bacterium ARK10164 (99.4) / Arctic sea ice-melt pond / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
17a
(AJ664463) / Uncultured Flavobacterium sp. 67LE MAU-F / AM946223 / 165 / 98.8 / Oligotrophic high mountain lake water / Flavobacterium xinjiangense AS1.2749 (97.4) / Glacier No.1, Tianshan Mountain, China / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
17b
(AJ664464) / Uncultured Flavobacterium sp. 67LE MAU-F / AM946223 / 154 / 99.4 / Oligotrophic high mountain lake water / Flavobacterium xinjiangense AS1.2749 (98.1) / Glacier No.1, Tianshan Mountain, China / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
18
(AJ664465) / Antarctic bacterium str. CC10 / EU636028 / 162 / 99.4 / Collins Glacier, Antarctica / Polaromonas vacuolata (98.1) / Antarctic sea ice and water / Betaproteobacteria, Polaromonas
19
(AJ664466) / Uncultured Flavobacterium sp. H2B / AM941674 / 165 / 99.4 / High mountain lake, Khumbu Valley, Himalayas / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
20
(AJ664467) / Uncultured bacterium clone 7.140 / AM991435 / 167 / 96.5 / Upwelling Lake, Greenland / Xylophilus ampelinus (96.5) / n.a. / Betaproteobacteria, Xylophilus
21
(AJ664468) / Uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium TEBAC03 / AM749841 / 163 / 98.0 / Freshwater lake, Spain / Flavobacterium sp. A5 (96.2) / freshwater / Bacteroidetes, Flavobacterium
22a
(AJ664469) / Uncultured bacterium clone 4.71 / AM991377 / 149 / 95.3 / Tvillingsvatn Lake, Greenland / Bacteria
22b
(AJ664470) / Uncultured bacterium clone 4.71 / AM991377 / 145 / 96.6 / Tvillingsvatn Lake, Greenland / Bacteria
23
(AJ664471) / Uncultured bacterium clone SAV04F08 / EU542228 / 188 / 97.6 / Chesapeake Bay, USA / Hydrogenophaga palleronii (97.0) / Freshwater lake / Betaproteobacteria, Hydrogenophaga
24
(AJ664472) / Uncultured bacterium clone Coldumidi-g10 / EU429500 / 164 / 96.3 / Mont Blank, Alps / Hydrogenophaga sp. XJ-L58 (96.3) / Xiangjiang River, China / Betaproteobacteria, Hydrogenophaga
25
(AJ664473) / Uncultured Crater Lake bacterium CL0-35 / AF316707 / 166 / 98.6 / Ultra-oligotrophic Crater lake / Bacteria
26a
(AJ664474) / Uncultured Cyanobacterium MB-06-MIC-B29 / EU882204 / 144 / 99.3 / Lake Champlain, North America / Oscillatoria sp. INT-06 (96.2) / n.a. / Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria
26b
(AJ664475) / Uncultured Cyanobacterium MB-06-MIC-B29 / EU882204 / 144 / 99.3 / Lake Champlain, North America / Oscillatoria sp. INT-06 (96.2) / n.a. / Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoria
27a
(AJ664476) / Uncultured Actinobacterium clone IW1F2 / EU117741 / 151 / 100.0 / Ike Walton Lake, Wisconsin, USA / Actinobacteria
27b
(AJ664477) / Uncultured Actinobacterium clone IW1F2 / EU117741 / 151 / 100.0 / Ike Walton Lake, Wisconsin, USA / Actinobacteria
28
(AJ664478) / Arthrobacter sp. GIC18 / AY439228 / 160 / 95.6 / Glacial ice core, Greenland / Arthrobacter agilis (95.0) / Lake Zub, Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica / Actinobacteria, Arthrobacter
29
(AJ664479) / Uncultured Betaproteobacterium clone PIB-15 / AM849426 / 172 / 98.0 / Freswater lake, Austria / Betaproteobacteria
30
(AJ664480) / Uncultured bacterium clone 239ds5 / AY212686 / 154 / 96.7 / Water downstream of manure / Polynucleobacter sp. SHIRF019 (96.0) / Freshwater pond, Nagano, Japan / Betaproteobacteria, Polynucleobacter
31
(AJ664481) / Uncultured Cryobacterium sp. clone RUPGL7-245 / EU852289 / 164 / 95.2 / Roopkund Glacier, Himalayas / Cryobacterium psychrophilum str. RuGl7 (95.2)/ Roopkund Glacier, Himalayas / Actinobacteria, Cryobacterium
32
(AJ664482) / Uncultured Actinobacterium clone TWAC-5 / DQ662891 / 179 / 99.4 / Lake Tiefwaren, Germany / Actinobacteria
33
(AJ664483) / Uncultured Microbacteriaceae bacterium clone SOC16H / DQ628961 / 140 / 100.0 / John Evans Glacier, Canada / Actinobacteria, Microbacteriaceae
34*
(AJ664484) / Uncultured bacterium clone KuyT-IWPS-89 / EU263743 / 167 / 100.0 / Snow in the Kuytun Glacier 51, Tianshan Mountains, China / Comamonadaceae bacterium MSCB-15 (99.4) / Mountain snow, Western China / Betaproteobacteria, Comamonadaceae
35a
(AJ664485) / Uncultured Actinobacterium H42B / AM941707 / 154 / 97.9 / High mountain lake L15, Khumbu Valley, Himalayas / Actinobacteria
35b
(AJ664486) / Uncultured Actinobacterium H42B / AM941707 / 136 / 100.0 / High mountain lake L15, Khumbu Valley, Himalayas / Actinobacteria
35c
(AJ664487) / Uncultured Actinobacterium H42B / AM941707 / 152 / 98.7 / High mountain lake L15, Khumbu Valley, Himalayas / Actinobacteria
35d
(AJ664488) / Uncultured Actinobacterium H42B / AM941707 / 152 / 98.7 / High mountain lake L15, Khumbu Valley, Himalayas / Actinobacteria
36
(AJ664489) / Uncultured Actinobacterium clone STH11-3 / DQ316379 / 146 / 92.7 / Lake Stechlin, Germany / Actinobacteria