Table 1.
Summary of all tested and identified metagenomic fosmid clones
| sampling sites | Average insert size [kb] | Total number of clones | Number of tested clones | Number of identified clones | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Via activity-based screen | Via sequence-based screen | ||||||||
| Form I | Form II | Form III | |||||||
| RubIrF-RubIrR | RubIgF-RubIgR | cbbLF-cbbLR | RuIIF1-RuIIR3 | arubIIIF-arubIIIR | |||||
| Basalt-hosted | |||||||||
| Sisters Peak, 5°S (274 ROV1B, MAR-SUED V) | 39 | 14,000 | 2,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mephisto, 5°S (297 ROV 1, MAR-SUED V) | 26 | 20,500 | 2,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lilliput, 9°S (324 ROV 6–8, MAR-SUED V) | 23 | 15,000 | 2,496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ultramafic-hosed | |||||||||
| Site B, 15°N (313 ROV, HYDROMAR VII) | 31 | 17,000 | 2,400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Irina II, 15°N (300 ROV 19–21, HYDROMAR VII) | 31 | 18,000 | 2,688 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drachenschlund, 8°S (314 ROV 7–9, MAR-SUED V) | 37 | 20,200 | 2,496 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |