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

TABLE 5.

Analysis of LH-PCR amplicon sizes, identities, and percent peak areas

Amplicon Size (bp) Phylogenetic group(s) Taxonomic affiliationa % Peak area
September 2002
March 2003
Station 908 Station 818 Station 707 Station 908 Station 818 Station 707
a 313 Synechococcus C 0.8 1.3
b 314 Roseobacter Ches I, II, and IV and fibrobacters α, F 5.9 10.8 6.5 3.2 12.7 15.2
c 316 Ches I and II, DG1128, AS26 Rhodobacter, slope strain D14, Sulfitobacter, SAR11-II and -III, and SAR116 α 23.2 16.8 7.5 23.7 29.2 32.5
d 317 SAR11-IA α 29.9 23.4 35.3
e 318 Arctic sea ice ARK 9990 and GAI-37 α 8.8 2.1 2.6
f 319 Plastids P 0.9 1.4 4.9
g 328 Rhodospirillalles α 1.3 3.6 4.5
h 329 Rhodospirillalles α 2.7
i 330 Ahrensia sp. strain DFL-42 α 0.2 0.4 2.2 5.1 2.5 2.7
j 331 Pseudorhodobacter α 0.6 22.3 1.2
k 334 Unknown ND 1.1 1.0 1.0
l 339 Gamma γ 0.6 2.7 3.3
m 340 Delta δ 1.9 3.7 2.1 1.9 3.7
n 342 GKS98, SAR86-II, and acI-B and -C β, γ, A 2.4 2.7 2.6 19.9 29.4 12.3
o 345 acI-D, acII-B, and Verrucomicrobiales A, V 3.9 8.2
p 346 acII-A and acIV-A A 1.3 4.4
q 347 Bacteroidetes and Verrucomicrobiales B, V 4.5 4.1 2.9 4.3 7.3 5.9
r 348 Bacteroidetes and acIII, IV-C B, A 4.3 6.7 4.5 5.5 8.7 13.0
s 349 Bacteroidetes B 1.9 4.5 1.8 2.7 3.1
t 350 Bacteroidetes and unidentified Gamma B, γ 1.7 1.6
u 353 Plankton marine actinobacteria and acIV-B and -D A 12.0 5.6 6.3 0.7 0.5 0.9
v 358 Unknown ND 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1
w 360 SAR86-IV γ 2.0 1.2 1.7
x 361 Gamma AGG47, HTCC2188, and Sva0091 γ 2.7 2.8 6.2 2.4
y 376 Unknown ND 0.4 2.6 2.0
a

α, β, γ, and δ refer to the subdivisions of the Proteobacteria. C, Cyanobacteria; F, fibrobacters; A, Actinobacteria; B, Bacteroidetes group; P, plastids; ND, not determined.