TABLE 3.

Clone libraries used in this study and numbers of OTUs at levels of identity of 99%, 97%, and 95%

Clone library	Geographic location (beach/county)	Source	No. of clones sequenced	No. of unique sequences	No. of OTUs at 99% identity level	No. of OTUs at 97% identity levela	No. of OTUs at 95% identity level
Gull 50	Northern Lake Michigan, Bailey's Harbor/Door	Individual gull	22	21	12	7	5
Gull 85	Northern Lake Michigan, Whitefish Dunes/Door	Individual gull	41	41	30	20	12
Gull 134	Northeastern Wisconsin, Menominee Park/Winnebago	Individual gull	25	23	13	6	5
Gull 242	Southern Lake Michigan Bradford/Milwaukee	Individual gull	42	40	12	6	5
Gull 287	Southern Lake Michigan North/Racine	Individual gull	143	93	17	4	2
Pooled gull Bradford	Southern Lake Michigan, Bradford/Milwaukee	Five pooled samples	325	252	29	11	7
Pooled gull Racine	Southern Lake Michigan, North Beach/Racine	Six pooled samples	333	227	30	10	5
Goose 87	Northern Lake Michigan, Sunset Park/Door	Individual goose	12	12	9	8	6
Goose 117	Northern Lake Michigan, Murphy Park/Door	Individual goose	59	42	14	9	5
Goose 136	Northeastern Wisconsin, Menominee Park/Winnebago	Individual goose	40	36	27	12	10
Canine 133	Northeastern Wisconsin private residence/Outagamie	Individual dog	76	73	31	16	11
Raccoon 2	Southern Lake Michigan, Milwaukee	Individual raccoon	236	213	90	45	25
Raccoon WA	Southern Lake Michigan, Milwaukee	Two samples	76	74	19	9	7
Sewage influent	Southern Lake Michigan, Milwaukee	24-h flow-weighted sample	317	311	132	74	50

^aConsensus sequences from individual samples that were more than 97% identical were used to construct overview neighbor-joining trees.