Table 1.
Taxonomic distribution of isolates from the early successional stage desert Biological Soil Crust from Moab, UT.
| Domain | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Darka | Lightb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinobacteridae | Actinomycetales | 126 | 192 |
| Rubrobacteridae | Solirubrobacterales | 5 | 4 | |||
| Bacteroidetes | Sphingobacteria | Sphingobacteriales | Cytophagaceae | - | 4 | |
| Firmicutes | Bacilli | Bacillales | Bacillaceae | 8 | 9 | |
| Proteobacteria | Alphaproteobacteria | Rhizobiales | Beijerinchiaceae | - | 1 | |
| Bradyrhizobiaceae | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Methylobacteriaceae | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rhodospirillales | Acetobacteraceae | 7 | 25 | |||
| Betaproteobacteria | Burkholderiales | Comamonadaceae | - | 1 | ||
| Gammaproteobacteria | Pseudomonadales | Moraxellaceae | 1 | - | ||
| Eukaryota | Fungi | Dikarya | Basidiomycota | Agaricomycotina | 1 | - |
| Total | 153 | 249 |
a
Isolates recovered from Biological Soil Crust samples incubated in the Dark.
b
Isolates recovered from Biological Soil Crust samples incubated in the Light.
Numbers in bold indicate taxa found in only one pre-incubation condition.