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. 2015 Aug 7;81(17):5683–5693. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01320-15

TABLE 4.

Number of sequences from sponge and water samples within specific nifH gene subclustersa

Sample and speciesb No. of sequences in the following subcluster:
1A 1E 1G 1K 3E 3G 3H 3I 3J 3L 3P 3Q 3S 4A 4F
Water
    May 1 1 1 4 3 5
    May 2 2 4 3 3 2
    Aug 1 6 3 2 1 2
    Aug 2 5 2 1 1 1 4
    Nov 1 11 2 1
    Nov 2 5 2 1 2 1
    Feb 1 1 2 7 2
    Feb 2 1 6 3 3
HMA sponge, P. ficiformis
    Aug 1 2
    Aug 2 1
LMA sponges
    S. cunctatrix
        Aug 1 7
        Aug 2 4 3
    D. avara
        May 1 7 9
        May 2 3 20 3
        Aug 1 24 1 6
        Aug 2 14
        Nov 1 13 1 2
        Nov 2 6 4 6
        Feb 1 25 3
        Feb 2 7 2 4
    A. damicornis
        May 1 4 1 3 6 7 4
        May 2 2 3 4 17
        Aug 1 2 1 19
        Aug 2 1 6 14 4 1
        Nov 1 2 9
        Nov 2 17 1 3
        Feb1 15
        Feb 2 9 1 7 4 1
a

The subclusters are defined in Fig. 4.

b

Duplicates for each sample (indicated by 1 and 2) are shown. HMA, high microbial abundance; LMA, low microbial abundance.