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. 2015 Apr 20;6:307. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00307

Table 7.

Distribution of 97% clustered OTUs aligned and assigned to archaea in analyzed red snow samples, revealing a dominance of the two phyla Nitrososphaerales (Thaumarchaeota) and Methanosarcinales (Euryarchaeota).

Taxon Laugafell Hofsjökull Vatnajökull Langjökull Langjökull Snaefellsjökull Eyafjallajökull Eyafjallajökull Eyafjallajökull
ICE-12 4/5 ICE-12 6/7 ICE-13 11–15 ICE-13 16–18 ICE-13 19 ICE-13 21–24 ICE-14 1 ICE-14 2 ICE-14 3
Crenarchaeota; MBGA 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Crenarchaeota;
Thaumarchaeota;
Cenarchaeales;
Cenarchaeaceae
2.8 0.7 7.7 0.3 1.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Crenarchaeota;
Thaumarchaeota;
Cenarchaeales;
SAGMA-X
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 18.1 0.0
Crenarchaeota;
Thaumarchaeota;
Nitrososphaerales;
Nitrososphaeraceae
96.5 27.6 92.0 99.7 98.1 95.6 100.0 78.6 99.9
Euryarchaeota;
Methanobacteria;
Methanobacteriales;
MSBL1
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Euryarchaeota;
Methanomicrobia;
Methanosarcinales;
Methanosarcinaceae
0.0 71.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0

It is important to note that values are rounded to one digit; therefore, the abundance of a taxon with a value of 0.0 in one sample can range between 0.00 and 0.04%.