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. 2007 Sep 7;73(21):6776–6789. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00541-07

TABLE 3.

Clone composition and distribution of bacterioplankton ribosomal operon libraries from the Chesapeake Bay

Bacterial group No. (%) of clones
September 2002
March 2003
Station 908, CB01 Station 804, CB11 Station 707, CB22 Station 908, CB31 Station 804, CB41 Station 707, CB51
Alphaproteobacteria 13 (14.3) 18 (21.7) 23 (26.7) 51 (60.0) 33 (38.8) 40 (48.8)
    SAR11
        SAR11-I 8 (8.8) 7 (8.4) 9 (10.5)
        SAR11-II 3 (3.3) 2 (2.4) 5 (5.8)
        SAR11-III 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2)
    Rhodospirillalles
        SPOTSAUG01_5m94 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
        SAR116-IIIa 3 (3.5)
    Roseobacter
        Chesapeake Roseobacter I (ChesI)b 1 (1.1) 5 (6.0) 4 (4.7)
        Chesapeake Roseobacter II (ChesII)b 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 5 (6.1)
        Chesapeake Roseobacter III (ChesIII)b 2 (2.4) 5 (5.9) 6 (7.3)
        Chesapeake Roseobacter IV (ChesIV)b 4 (4.7) 5 (5.9) 2 (2.4)
        Chesapeake Roseobacter V (ChesV)b 1 (1.1) 1 (1.2)
        DG1128 2 (2.4) 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2)
        GAI-37 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 3 (3.7)
        AS26 1 (1.2)
        Slope strain DI4b 5 (5.9) 14 (16.5) 13 (15.9)
        Arctic sea ice strain ARK9990b 15 (17.6) 2 (2.4)
        Sulfitobacter mediterraneus 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
    Rhodobacter
        Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus 15 (17.6) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
        Other 5 (5.9)
    Sphigomonas 1 (1.2)
    Other
        Ahrensia sp. strain DFL-42 1 (1.2) 6 (7.3)
        Defluvibacter lusatiae 1 (1.2)
Betaproteobacteria 0 3 (3.6) 2 (2.3) 14 (16.5) 21 (24.7) 6 (7.3)
    OM 156c 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
    OM 43c 2 (2.4)
    SPOTS_APR01_5m110 1 (1.2)
    GKS16d 1 (1.2)
    Polynucleobacter necessariusd 3 (3.5)
    GKS98d 10 (11.8) 21 (24.7) 6 (7.3)
Gammaproteobacteria 4 (4.4) 12 (14.5) 10 (11.6) 2 (2.4) 0 3 (3.7)
    Gamma strain AGG47a 1 (1.1) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
    Novel clade strain SAR86-IV 1 (1.1) 4 (4.8) 3 (3.5)
    SDF1-40 1 (1.1)
    CHAB-III-7 1 (1.2)
    OM60c 1 (1.2)
    SPOTSOCT00_5m87 1 (1.2)
    Marine gamma strain HTCC2188 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
    Acinetobacter junii 1 (1.2)
    RedeBAC7D11 1 (1.2)
    KTC1119a 1 (1.2)
    SAR86-II 2 (2.3)
    Pseudomonas syringae 1 (1.2)
    Psychrobacter submarinus 1 (1.2)
    Gamma strain Sva0091 1 (1.2)
    Psychromonas antarctica 1 (1.2)
    Unidentified Gammaproteobacteria 1 (1.1) 3 (3.6) 1 (1.2)
Deltaproteobacteria 1 (1.1) 1 (1.2) 2 (2.3) 0 0 1 (1.2)
Bacteroidetes 11 (12.1) 12 (14.5) 6 (7.0) 2 (2.4) 4 (4.7) 3 (3.7)
    Flavobacteria
        Flavobacteriaceae UC1 4 (4.4)
        Unidentified strain CB22B12 1 (1.2)
        Antarctic bacterium strain R-9033 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
        ATAM173_A3 1 (1.2)
        Cellulophaga sp. 3 (3.5)
    Sphingobacteria
        Unclassified strain CB11C03 1 (1.1) 1 (1.2)
        Unidentified strain CB22A10 1 (1.2)
        Antarctic bacterium strain R-9286 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
        TM18_28 1 (1.2)
    Unclassified Bacteroidetes
        Unclassified strain CB11B01 1 (1.1) 6 (7.2)
        Unidentified strain CB11D01 2 (2.2) 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2)
        RW262e 3 (3.3) 1 (1.2)
        Bacteroidetes strain OM 273 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2)
        Bacteroidetes strain AGG58e 1 (1.2)
        Unidentified strain CB22H06 1 (1.2)
Cyanobacteria/Synechococcus 5 (5.5) 12 (14.5) 7 (8.1) 0 0 0
Plastids 0 0 8 (9.3) 0 1 (1.2) 0
Actinobacteria 57 (62.6) 22 (26.5) 27 (31.4) 15 (17.6) 25 (29.4) 27 (32.9)
    Freshwater acIf 3 (3.3) 4 (4.8) 2 (2.4) 11 (12.9) 6 (7.3)
    Freshwater acIIf 7 (7.7) 1 (1.2) 9 (10.6) 5 (5.9) 5 (6.1)
    Freshwater acIIIf 2 (2.2) 1 (1.2) 4 (4.7) 2 (2.4) 8 (9.4) 13 (15.9)
    Freshwater acIVf 7 (7.7) 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 2 (2.4)
    Plankton marine Actinobacterium 37 (40.7) 12 (14.5) 23 (26.7)
    Sediment marine Actinobacterium 2 (2.4)
    Novel Actinobacterium strain CB31D05 1 (1.1) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2)
Fibrobacters 0 1 (1.2) 0 0 0 0
Verrucomicrobia 0 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.2) 2 (2.4)
Total valid clones 91 83 86 85 85 82
Chimeras or short inserts 5 13 10 11 11 14
a

Groups according to Suzuki et al. (76).

b

Groups according to Kan et al. (submitted).

c

Groups according to Rappé et al. (59).

d

Groups according to Zwart et al. (82).

e

O'Sullivan et al. (56, 57).

f

Groups according to Warnecke et al. (80).