TABLE 6.

Distribution of SSR variants from sites throughout the park

Locationa	Distribution for variantb:
	1	2	3	4	5
Artists Paint Pots6		+	+		+
Clear Lake13	+	+
Cyanidium Creek4		+			+
Dragon Spring4		+
Extreme site4	+	+
Fairy Falls Trail8		+	+
Heart Lake10	+	+			+
Highland Creek12		+	+
Imperial Spring8			+
Lemonade Creek1		+			+
Mud Volcano11		+	+
Nymph Creek3	+	+			+
Obsidian Creek2		+			+
Rabbit Creek9		+	+
River Group7		+			+
Sour Creek13		+
Star Plunge (Thermopolis, WY)		+
Sylvan Creek5			+	+
Sylvan Crust5		+	+

^aThe superscript numbers correspond with location numbers on the map in Fig. 1.

^bBy using agarose gel electrophoresis, all culture isolates from type IA in YNP were screened to determine their SSR variant groups. A positive (+) result for a SSR9 variant group represents the presence of a culture isolate that was determined to belong to that variant group.