. 2006 Feb;72(2):1680–1683. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1680-1683.2006

TABLE 1.

Summary of Gulf of Alaska samples from which 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained

Sample	Origin	Seamount	Alvin dive no.	Dive depth (m) for sample collection	No. of sequences	Taxonomy (no. of members)				FastGroup result (no. of sequences)^b
Sample	Origin	Seamount	Alvin dive no.	Dive depth (m) for sample collection	No. of sequences	Phyla	Classes	Orders	Families	Sing	Doub	Trip	Cluster
CGOA	Bamboo coral	Murray	3805	1,100-1,950^a	99	11	13	21	23	30	3	1	7
CGOD	Black coral	Murray	3805	1,100-1,950^a	47	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	2
NISA	Water column	Murray	3798	760	236	7	5	20	22	24	2	1	5
BRRA	Rock biofilm	Murray	3798	670-1,094^a	58	6	7	10	13	27	5	1	1
CGOC	Bamboo coral	Chirikof	3803	2,660-3,300^a	57	6	8	10	10	12	5	1	2
CGOF	Bamboo coral	Warwick	3808	758	343	13	15	22	28	46	13	3	12
CGOG	Bamboo coral	Warwick	3806	634	45	5	8	10	11	27	5	2	0

Depths covered during entire dive (specific sample collection depth not available).

Results of sorting sequences using FastGroup. Sing, unique sequences; Doub, doubletons (two identical sequences); Trip, tripletons (three identical sequences); Cluster, cluster of more than three identical sequences.