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qPCR for hgcA specific to Deltaproteobacteria (top), Firmicutes (middle), and Archaea (bottom) at the three sites (HC, NOAA, and NH) for each of the treatments. hgcA quantification is shown. Detection limits (genome copies per 1 ng of gDNA template): Deltaproteobacteria, 2,000; Firmicutes, 200; and Archaea, 2,000 (empirically determined from a representative strain from each clade).
