Table 2.
Bacterial OTUs that appeared in at least five of the six rivers, the fraction of all clones belonging to these OTUs, and taxonomic assignments
| Representative sequence for OTU | No. of rivers in which OTU appeared | All clones belonging to OTU, % | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YU201A11 | 6 | 11.2 | Proteobacteria | Betaproteobacteria | Methylophilales | Methylophilaceae | Methylophilus |
| MA101D10 | 6 | 6.8 | Bacteroidetes | Sphingobacteria | Sphingobacteriales | Flexibacteraceae | Arcicella |
| YE201C08 | 6 | 5.3 | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | ||
| MA101F04 | 5 | 3.9 | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | ||
| YU201B06 | 5 | 3.3 | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | ||
| YU201A10 | 5 | 2.6 | Proteobacteria | Betaproteobacteria | Burkholderiales | Alcaligenaceae | |
| MA101A07 | 5 | 2.2 | Proteobacteria | Betaproteobacteria | Burkholderiales | Comamonadaceae | Rhodoferax |
| YE201E09 | 5 | 2.0 | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | ||
| YU201H04 | 5 | 1.3 | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | Microbacteriaceae |
Note that subclass and suborder information were omitted from the table.