Table 2. Abundances of virulence factor genes from microbes associated with Southern LI reefs.
Site | Hits to virulence database | Normalized to total bp ( × 105) | Iron-related virulence genes |
---|---|---|---|
Millen. black reef | 1068 | 9.7 | 126 |
Millen. 9 | 51 | 2.8 | 3 |
Flint 2 | 230 | 4.5 | 4 |
Flint 5 | 18 | 0.2 | 0 |
Starbuck 7 | 341 | 3.6 | 15 |
Vostok 10 | 244 | 1.2 | 3 |
Abbreviations: Millen., Millennium; LI, Line Islands.