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. 2011 Jul 13;6(7):e21764. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021764

Table 1. Location, measured ambient radioactivity at sampling sites, number of sequences analyzed per gene library and Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) detected for samples analyzed in this study.

Sample name Geographic origin Coordinates Radiation (µSv/h)** Bacteria SSU rDNA sequences analyzed Eukaryote SSU rDNA sequences analyzed Number of bacteria OTUs Number of eukaryote OTUs
B1.6 Ballyclare, Northern Ireland 54.751, −5.999 0.08* 119 130 20 6
Cher1 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.23.321, 30.06.746 0.83 - - - -
Cher2 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.23.118, 30.05.943 8.65 70 94 9 8
Cher3 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.23.462, 030.03.775 0.97 - - - -
Cher4 Pripyat, Chernobyl (red forest) 51.23.052, 030.02.433 25 137 105 23 15
Cher5 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.21.561, 030.00.595 0.35 - - - -
Cher6 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.21.701, 030.00.402 0.76 191 112 24 4
Cher7 Pripyat, Chernobyl 51.17.647, 030.38.568 6.4 - - - -
Cher8 Vesniane, Chernobyl 51.18.380, 029.38.820 4 64 110 2 5

*This value corresponds to the average radiation levels from three close monitoring stations in Ireland in 2008 (Dundalk, Clones, Malinhead) [48].

**1 Sievert = 1 Gray.