TABLE 1.
Sample | No. of actinomycete TRFLP peaks
|
No. of KSα TRFLP peaks
|
||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Unique | Total | Unique | |
1S1 | 14 | 4 | ||
1S2 ▴ | 14 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
1S3 | 28 | 1 | ||
1S4 | 39 | 1 | ||
1S5 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
1S6 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
2S1 ▪ | 45 | 7 | 33 | 14 |
2S2 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
2S3 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
2S4 | 54 | 1 | ||
2S5 ▪ | 58 | 8 | 38 | 14 |
2S6 | 51 | 8 | ||
3S1 | 19 | 1 | ||
3S2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
3S3 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
3S4 | 17 | 1 | ||
3S5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
3S6 ▴ | 21 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
4S1 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
4S2 | 2 | 0 | ||
4S3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
4S4 ▴ | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
4S5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Shown are the number of total and unique peaks in the actinomycete-specific 16S ribosomal RNA and KSα gene TRFLP patterns. ▪, samples chosen for cloning because of high actinomycete diversity; ▴, samples chosen for cloning because of high KSα diversity or number of total/unique peaks.