Table 2. Taxonomic summary of named genera found in the V5V6 or V8 libraries (I) and taxa found in only one library (V5V6, II; V8, III).
| I. Genera recovered by V5V6 or V8 tags | |
| Actinobacteria (Actinobacteria): | Ilumatobacter * |
| Iamia * | |
| Propionibacterium * | |
| Sphingobacteria (Bacteroidetes) | Aureispira * |
| Haliscomenobacter * | |
| Lewinella * | |
| Saprospira * | |
| Flavobacteria (Bacteroidetes) | Aureispira * |
| Haliscomenobacter * | |
| Lewinella * | |
| Saprospira * | |
| Maribacter | |
| Pibocella | |
| Tamlana | |
| Tenacibaculum | |
| Winogradskyella | |
| Zobellia | |
| Caldilinea (Chloroflexi) | Caldilinea * |
| Deinococci (Deinococcus-Thermus) | (all unclassified)* |
| Planctomycetacia (Planctomycetes) | Planctomyces * |
| Rhodopirellula | |
| Phycisphaerae (Planctomycetes) | Phycisphaera |
| Alphaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Hellea |
| Hyphomonas | |
| Litorimonas | |
| Robiginitomaculum * | |
| Jannaschia * | |
| Ketogulonicigenium * | |
| Loktanella * | |
| Oceanibulbus * | |
| Pelagicola | |
| Sulfitobacter | |
| Tropicimonas | |
| Sphingopyxis | |
| Deltaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Bacteriovorax * |
| Peredibacter * | |
| Bdellovibrio * | |
| Desulforhopalus * | |
| Gammaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Aestuariibacter |
| Pseudoalteromonas * | |
| Psychromonas * | |
| Granulosicoccus | |
| Arenicella | |
| Cocleimonas * | |
| Congregibacter | |
| Neptunomonas * | |
| Acinetobacter * | |
| Bacilli (Firmicutes) | Aeribacillus * |
| Anoxybacillus * | |
| Staphylococcus * | |
| TM7 | (unclassified)* |
| II. Taxa found by V5V6 and not V8 | |
| Actinobacteria | Propionibacterium |
| Lacinutrix | |
| Pibocella | |
| Flavobacteria (Bacteroidetes) | Tamlana |
| Winogradskyella | |
| Zobellia | |
| Chloroflexi | Caldilinea |
| Planctomycetes | Planctomyces |
| Alphaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Jannaschia |
| Ketogulonicigenium | |
| Oceanibulbus | |
| Pelagicola | |
| Tropicimonas | |
| Deltaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | (none recovered in V8) |
| Peredibacter | |
| Bdellovibrio | |
| Desulforhopalus | |
| Gammaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Alteromonadaceae |
| Aestuariibacter | |
| Congregibacter | |
| TM7 | (none recovered in V8) |
| III. Taxa found by V8 but not V5V6 | |
| Sphingobacteria (Bacteroidetes) | Auresipira |
| Saprospira | |
| Krokinobacter | |
| Deinococcus-Thermus | (none recovered in V5V6) |
| Alphaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Roseovarius (Alphaproteobacteria) |
| Betaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | (none recovered in V5V6) |
| Deltaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Bacteriovorax |
| Gammaproteobacteria (Proteobacteria) | Pseudoalteromonas |
| Neptunomonas | |
| Acinetobacter |
*
Not present in laboratory blades