Table 2.

Read numbers for the most abundant genera in the Colour Peak (CP) 16S rRNA gene and 16S rRNA profiles obtained from replicate sediment samples.

Genus	CP S1	CP S2	CP S3	CP cDNA
Halothiobacillus	12,472	15,102	13,392	34,300
Thiobacillus	1,376	2,133	1,412	3
Marinobacter	820	1,063	1,138	0
Cyanobacteria	1,066	983	951	25
Thiomicrospira	908	975	2,435	0
Halanaerobium	1785	892	1,052	243
Halomonas	758	845	575	110
Loktanella	942	769	841	0
Salegentibacter	393	677	886	0
Sphingopyxis	798	659	655	0