TABLE 2.
Biomass, ergosterol, and PLFA analysis of sediments from samples examined using 18S rRNA gene analysis in this studya
| Total
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Ergosterol biomassb | Fungus-specific PLFA (18:2ω6 and 3ω3)b
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLFA biomassb | Prokaryoticb | Eukaryoticb | Prokaryotic/eukaryotic ratio | Biomass | mol% | ||
| Zodletone source | 14,755 (3,222) | 14,469 (3,135) | 286 (86) | 52 (4) | 0.8 (0.2) | 226 | <1 |
| Zodletone mat | 9,246 (3,116) | 9,194 (3,095) | 52 (20) | 177 (11) | 0.9 (0.8) | 19 | <1 |
| Zodletone crust | 11,557 (415) | 11,392 (359) | 165 (55) | 74 (22) | 0 | 58 | <1 |
| Freshwater pond (dp) | 22,756 (597) | 20,722 (718) | 2,034 (121) | 11 (1) | 3.3 (1.5) | 1,315 | 6 |
| Wastewater (ww) | 1,198,626 (299,952) | 1,137,662 (279,713) | 60,964 (20,239) | 20 (2) | 27.6 (1.5) | 44,726 | 4 |
| Gas condensate-contaminated sediment (ftlp)c | 3,053 | 2,882 | 171 | 18 | 0 | 143 | 5 |
a
Standard deviation values are given in parentheses.
b
Values are expressed as pmol/g (dry weight).
c
Only one sample was analyzed; for all other samples, n = 2.