Table 2 16S rRNA gene sequences of Cyanobacteria (derived from this study) selected for phylogenetic analysis

1

GH2

Henanigala

Phormidium sp. enrichment culture clone GH2

HM640024

2

GH2

Henanigala

Phormidium animale GK12

KF321927

3

GU

Ulhitiya

Uncultured Oscillatoria sp.GK13

KF321928

4

AJ2 W

Jaya ganga

Raphidiopsis curvata AJ1

KF321929

5

AN2W2

Nuwara wewa

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii AN3

KF321930

6

T4

Tissa wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AT4

KF321931

7

T3

Tissa wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AT3

KF321932

8

T2

Tissa wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AT2

KF321933

9

GU

Ulhitiya

Uncultured Synechococcus sp. GK14

KF321934

10

GR

Ratkinda

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK15

KF321935

11

K/Nik

Nika wewa

Uncultured Chroococcales cyanobacterium KN1

KF321936

12

Tissa 1

Tissa wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AT5

KF321937

13

Nuwara 1

Nuwara wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AN2

KF321938

14

T2

Tissa wewa

Uncultured cyanobacterium AT6

KF321939

15

GMMi2

Minipe ela

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK1

KF321940

16

G/63-A

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK2

KF321941

17

G/147-A

Well water

Uncultured Leptolyngbya sp.GK16

KF321942

18

G/111-A

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK3

KF321943

19

G/100-A

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK4

KF321944

20

G/3-A

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK5

KF321945

21

G/60

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK6

KF321946

22

G/148-A

Well water

Uncultured cyanobacterium GK7

KF321947

23

T-3/MLA-B

Thuruvila wewa

Unicellular cyanobacterium A1

KF 359768

24

Nu-M/MLA-A

Nuwara wewa

Radiocystis sp.A2

KF 359770

25

N-B/ASM1-A

Nachchaduwa

Unicellular cyanobacterium A3

KF 359771

26

AT3-MLA

Tissa wewa

Prochlorales cyanobacterium HM17

KF 321965

27

G/100-C-BG11₀C

Well water

Filamentous cyanobacterium HM15

KF 321963

28

I/23-1-BG11₀

Well water

Hapalosiphon welwitschii HM14

KF 321962

29

AT2-MLA

Tissa wewa

Leptolyngbya sp. HM13

KF 321961

30

G/81-BG11₀

Well water

Nostocales cyanobacterium HM12

KF 321960

31

I/23-1-BG11

Well water

Hapalosiphon welwitschii HM11

KF 321959

32

G/79-C-BG11

Well water

Phormidium sp. HM10

KF 321958

33

G/146-D-MLA

Well water

Mastigocladus sp. HM9

KF 321957

34

G/84-D-BG11₀

Well water

Anabaena sphaerica HM8

KF 321956

35

G/66-BG11₀

Well water

Nostoc punctiforme HM7

KF 321955

36

GMY6-BG11

Minipe ela

Chroococcales cyanobacterium HM6

KF 321954

37

G-127-MLA

Well water

Mastigocladus sp. HM5

KF 321953

38

G/100-D-BG11₀C

Well water

Unicellular cyanobacterium HM4

KF 321952

39

G/183-44-BG11₀

Well water

Tolypothrix sp. HM3

KF 321951

40

GMR8–BG11

Minipe ela

Chroococcidiopsis sp. HMI

KF 321949

41

I/23-1-MLA

Well water

Chroococcus sp. HM2

KF 321950

42

G/100-A-BG11₀C

Well water

Filamentous cyanobacterium HM16

KF 321964

43

G/5-A-BG11

Well water

Chroococcales cyanobacterium GK8

KF 359772

44

G/3-A-MLA

Well water

Leptolyngbya sp. GK10

KF 359774

45

G/169-A-BG11

Well water

Synechococcus sp. GK9

KF 359773