Figure 1.
Rarefaction curves based on the results of comparison of the number of cloned 16S rRNA gene sequences and phylotypes in the DNA-derived clone libraries of Archaea (DA library, curve 1, 115 clones), in the DNA-derived library for Bacteria (DB, excluding planctomycetes, curve 2, 153 clones), in the RNA-derived library of Bacteria cDNA of 16S rRNA sequences (DR, curve 3, 151 clone), and in the total 16S rRNA gene library [DB + DP (89 clones)] + cDNA of 16S rRNA sequences of Bacteria (RB), curve 4, 393 clones. The sequences were grouped in phylotypes at the level of 97% between the sequences of the 16S rRNA genes or cDNA of 16S rRNA transcripts.