Table 2.
Autotrophic nitrogen converting bacteria in the biofilm communities, as revealed by high throughput amplicon sequencing. OTUs clustered at 97% sequence similarity. BLAST analysis was used for classification
| OTU | Classification | Similarity | Period I | Period III | Period V | Period IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ca. Brocadia sp. 40/Ca. B. caroliniensis 20b | 98 | 56% | 56% | 57% | 50% |
| 85 | Nitrosomonas europaea/N. eutropha | 99 | 0.32% | 0.27% | 0.14% | 0.25% |
| 3 | Nitrosomonas sp. JL21 | 100 | 0.038% | 0.026% | 0.032% | 0.014% |
| 2049 | Nitrosospira multiformis | 97 | 0.017% | 0.010% | 0.012% | 0.028% |
| 930 | Ca. Nitrotoga sp. clone JS16NT08 | 100 | 0.13% | 0.051% | 0.071% | 0.047% |
| 354 | Nitrospirales 4‐29a | N.A. | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.059% | 0.079% |
a
No described species with > 90% similarity from BLAST analysis. Classification by the Greengenes taxonomy.