Table 1.

YNP thermal features selected for sample collections

Site name	X Position*	Y Position*	Temperature	pH	# of Samples collected	# of Cultures established
Amphitheater Springs	521734.7	4960405.6	74–85	1.0–3.5	34	5
Mud Volcano	544849.3	4941373.9	70–85	2.0–4.0	25	8
Norris Basin	522734.3	4953262.0	70–84	1.5–4.5	60	5
Nymph Lake	521477.2	4955457.2	74–84	2.0–4.5	16	7
Gibbon Basin	518444.3	4949627.8	70–83	1.8–3.5	9	8
Fountain Flats	513307.2	4934500.0	74–87	3.0–4.1	8	4
Rabbit Creek	514867.9	4929918.2	72–92	2.9–3.9	16	11
Crater Hills	540943.3	4944686.8	73–81	2.5–3.6	15	3

^*Positions are UTM type projections, Datum type-NAD 83, zone 12.