Table 2. Phylogenetic affiliations of uncultured fungi obtained from deep-sea sediment samples A–E.
| OTU | Closest identified relative | The number of clones | ||||||
| no. | Taxon (Fungal phylum) | GenBank accession no. | Similarity % | A | B | C | D | E |
| OTU-01 | Phoma glomerata (Ascomycota) | EU273521 | 100 | 2 | 5 | |||
| OTU-02 | Cryptococcus curvatus (Basidiomycota) | KF472136 | 99 | 57 | ||||
| OTU-03 | Phoma herbarum (Ascomycota) | KC311476 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-04a | Rhizoscyphus ericae (Ascomycota) | JQ711893 | 98 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-05a | Sporobolomyces lactosus (Basidiomycota) | HQ914907 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-06a | Trichoderma asperellum (Ascomycota) | KC479819 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-07a | Trichosporon moniliiforme (Basidiomycota) | AF444415 | 100 | 27 | ||||
| OTU-08a | Uncultured fungus clone (Ascomycota) | GU211938 | 100 | 27 | ||||
| OTU-09a | Xeromyces bisporus (Ascomycota) | GU733338 | 99 | 9 | ||||
| OTU-10a | Uncultured ascomycete (Ascomycota) | EU046087 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-11 | Uncultured Geomyces (Ascomycota) | JQ346989 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-12 | Basidiomycete sp. (Basidiomycota) | EU871524 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-13 | Uncultured soil fungus (Basidiomycota) | DQ420877 | 100 | 14 | ||||
| OTU-14 | Cryptococcus fragicola (Basidiomycota) | AB035588 | 99 | 5 | ||||
| OTU-15 | Cryptococcus podzolicus (Basidiomycota) | FN428930 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-16a | Guehomyces pullulans (Basidiomycota) | AF444418 | 100 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-17 | Basidiomycete sp. (Basidiomycota) | EU871524 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-18 | Rhodotorula slooffiae (Basidiomycota) | AB566328 | 99 | 14 | ||||
| OTU-19 | Sterigmatomyces halophilus (Basidiomycota) | NR073302 | 100 | 37 | ||||
| OTU-20a | Uncultured compost fungus (Basidiomycota) | DQ365334 | 99 | 5 | ||||
| OTU-21 | Uncultured Mortierella (Zygomycota) | JF831505 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-22 | Uncultured Mortierella (Zygomycota) | JF831503 | 99 | 25 | ||||
| OTU-23a | Uncultured soil fungus (Ascomycota) | EU826926 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-24a | Alternaria alternata (Ascomycota) | GQ916545 | 99 | 39 | ||||
| OTU-25a | Cladosporium tenuissimum (Ascomycota) | AJ300331 | 100 | 3 | ||||
| OTU-26 | Alternaria sp. (Ascomycota) | KF888649 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-27 | Aspergillus penicillioides (Ascomycota) | AY373862 | 97 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-28 | Uncultured fungus clone (Ascomycota) | HQ143117 | 99 | 32 | ||||
| OTU-29 | Candida etchellsii (Ascomycota) | JQ653271 | 99 | 24 | ||||
| OTU-30 | Candida inconspicua (Ascomycota) | AB179767 | 99 | 6 | ||||
| OTU-31 | Candida sake (Ascomycota) | AJ549822 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-32 | Candida xylopsoci (Ascomycota) | FM178339 | 100 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-33a | Cladophialophora chaetospira (Ascomycota) | EU035404 | 93 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-34 | Cladosporium cladosporioides (Ascomycota) | GU932679 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-35a | Cladosporium sphaerospermum (Ascomycota) | GU017501 | 100 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-36a | Uncultured soil fungus (Basidiomycota) | DQ420860 | 89 | 2 | 1 | |||
| OTU-37a | Eurotium rubrum (Ascomycota) | AY373891 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-38a | Fusarium solani (Ascomycota) | JQ910159 | 100 | 5 | ||||
| OTU-39a | Galactomyces candidum (Ascomycota) | JN974290 | 100 | 22 | 19 | 11 | ||
| OTU-40a | Dipodascus australiensis (Ascomycota) | HQ115737 | 99 | 4 | ||||
| OTU-41 | Geomyces pannorum (Ascomycota) | DQ189228 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| OTU-42 | Hortaea werneckii (Ascomycota) | GQ334385 | 99 | 2 | ||||
| OTU-43a | Hypocrea virens (Ascomycota) | GU130297 | 100 | 1 | 12 | |||
| OTU-44 | Phoma sp. (Ascomycota) | HQ630999 | 98 | 1 | 1 | |||
| OTU-45 | Leptosphaeria sp. (Ascomycota) | AB752252 | 99 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 79 | 90 | 89 | 95 | |||
OTUs marked by a letter (a) are new reports for deep-sea environments. Bolded and italicized OTUs are affiliated with yeasts and filamentous fungi, respectively, and the remaining OTUs are affiliated with unidentified yeasts or filamentous fungi.