TABLE 1.

Virioplankton probes used in this study

Probe	Size	PCR template or sample used to generate probe	Primer	Primer sequence
Band 1a	ca. 40 kb	June 1996, station 818T	NAb	NA
RAPD 1	220 bp	June 1996, station 834B	CRA-22	5′ CCGCAGCCAA 3′
RAPD 2	300 bp	June 1996, station 834B	CRA-22	5′ CCGCAGCCAA 3′
RAPD 7	370 bp	July 1996, station 724T	OPA-13	5′ CAGCACCCAC 3′
RAPD 10	520 bp	July 1996, station 724T	OPA-13	5′ CAGCACCCAC 3′
RAPD E	400 bp	Band 1 DNA	OPA-13	5′ CAGCACCCAC 3′

^aCut directly from virioplankton PFGE fingerprint. 

^bNA, not applicable.