Table 2.

List of isolates from this study and their affiliations.

Isolate number	Sort population	Number of sorted cells or volume	Closest cultivated relative	% Identity	Accession number	Classification
1	P1	1 cell	Pseudomonas sp.	98	AB180241	Gammaproteobacteria
2	P1	50 cells	Colwellia asteriadis	98	NR_116385	Gammaproteobacteria
3	P1	50 cells	Staphylococcus pasteuri	99	KP267845	Firmicutes
4	P1	50 cells	Alteromonas stellipolaris	99	AJ295715	Gammaproteobacteria
5	P1	50 cells	Colwellia psychrerythraea	98	CP000083	Gammaproteobacteria
6	P1	50 cells	Arthrobacter sp.	99	FR667186	Actinobacteria
7	P1	50 cells	Lentimonas marisflavi	98	EF157839	Verrucomicrobia
8	P1	100 cells	Arthrobacter oxydans	99	KP235208	Actinobacteria
9	P1	100 cells	Colwellia asteriadis	98	NR_116385	Gammaproteobacteria
10	P1	100 cells	Sulfitobacter sp.	99	KC160637	Alphaproteobacteria
11	P1	100 cells	Altererythrobacter sp.	97	JN848799	Alphaproteobacteria
12	P1	100 cells	Sulfitobacter sp.	99	KC160637	Alphaproteobacteria
13	P1	100 cells	Sulfitobacter sp.	99	KC428714	Alphaproteobacteria
14	P1	100 cells	Novosphingobium sp.	96	AY690709	Alphaproteobacteria
15	P1	1,000 cells	Pseudoalteromonas citrea	99	NR_037073	Gammaproteobacteria
16	P1	1,000 cells	Colwellia sp.	98	JF825446	Gammaproteobacteria
17	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Ochrobactrum sp.	99	KP410395	Alphaproteobacteria
18	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Achromobacter sp.	99	KT321695	Betaproteobacteria
19	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	99	GU254017	Gammaproteobacteria
20	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	99	GU254017	Gammaproteobacteria
21	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Ochrobactrum sp.	99	KP410395	Alphaproteobacteria
22	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Achromobacter sp.	99	KT321695	Betaproteobacteria
23	Sheath fluid	∼10 μl	Achromobacter sp.	99	KT321695	Betaproteobacteria