Table 3.

Characteristics of the different samples used for isolation of marine heterotrophic bacteria

Cruise	Station	Sampling date	Oceanic location	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (m)	In situ temperature (°C)	N° of sequenced isolates	N° of non-redundant isolatesa
Tara Oceans	ST 39	March 2010	Indian Ocean	18° 35.2′ N	66° 28.22′ E	5.5	26.2	104	25
	ST 39	March 2010	Indian Ocean	18° 35.2′ N	66° 28.22′ E	25	26.8	243	53
	ST 39	March 2010	Indian Ocean	18° 43.12′ N	66° 21.3′ E	268.2	15.6	88	18
	ST 67	September 2010	South Atlantic	32° 17.31′ S	17° 12.22′ E	5	12.8	115	49
	ST 72	October 2010	South Atlantic	8° 46.44′ S	17° 54.36′ W	5	25	71	33
	ST 76	October 2010	South Atlantic	20° 56.7′ S	35° 10.49′ W	5	23.3	89	27
	ST 151	March 2012	North Atlantic	36° 10.17′ N	29° 1.23′ W	5	17.3	76	33
	ST 102	April 2011	Pacific Ocean	5° 16.12′ S	85° 13.12′ O	475.6	9.2	97	15
	ST 111	June 2011	Pacific Ocean	16° 57.36′ S	100° 39.36′ O	347.1	10.9	98	35
	ST 138	December 2011	Pacific Ocean	6° 22.12′ N	103° 4.12′ O	444.9	8.2	79	34
ATP	AR_1	June 2009	Arctic Ocean	78° 20.00′ N	15° 00.00′ E	2	6.2	13	9
	AR_2	June 2009	Arctic Ocean	76° 28.65′ N	28° 00.62′ E	25	−1.2	20	9
Malaspina	ST 10	December 2010	North Atlantic	21° 33.36′ N	23°26′ W	4002	2	20	9
	ST 17	February 2011	South Atlantic	3° 1.48′ S	27° 19.48′ W	4002	1.7	93	24
	ST 23	August 2011	South Atlantic	15° 49.48′ S	33° 24.36′ W	4003	1.5	94	39
	ST 32	January 2011	South Atlantic	26° 56.8′ S	21° 24′ W	3200	2.5	39	16
	ST 33	January 2011	South Atlantic	27° 33.2′ S	18° 5.4′ W	3904	1.7	5	5
	ST 43	April 2011	South Atlantic	32° 48.8′ S	12° 46.2′ E	4000	1.2	4	4
MIFASOL	ST 8	September 2014	NW Mediterranean	40° 38.41′ N	2° 50′ E	2000	13.2	127	36
BBMO	IBSURF	May 2015	NW Mediterranean	41° 40′ N	2° 48′ E	5	17.7	86	43

^aNon-redundant isolates stand for the number of different isolates remaining after removing those that were 100% identical in their partial 16S rRNA gene