TABLE 1.

Numbers of partial sequences (from nucleotide 518 to nucleotide ∼1,000 based on E. coli numbering) and nearly full sequences (∼1,500 nucleotides) obtained from cloned PCR products amplified from gill DNA of three Bathymodiolus sp. specimens

Specimen source	No. of partial sequences				No. of full sequences
	Thiotrophs	Methanotrophs	Chimeras	Total	Thiotrophs	Methanotrophs	Total
M1	40	19	0	59	1	2	3
M2	57	0	1	58	2	0	2
M3	39	10	2	51	1	1	2
Total	136	29	3	168	4	3	7