TABLE 2.
Sample description for microbial-community analysis
| Sample name | Location in minea | Physical description | Sample period(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slump slime | On top of a slump that had formed (∼1.5 m high) on the A-drift tunnel floor {1} | Thick (∼1 cm) slime on the slump pyrite sediment; moist, gelatinous consistency | February 1999 |
| Snottite | Directly above the slump in the A drift {1} | Slime dripping from tunnel wall and ceiling | February 1999 |
| Surface slime | A-drift upper region {2} | Thin pink slime covering a large section of the water surface | February 1999 |
| B-drift slime | B-drift upper region {3} | Submerged slime streamer attached to sediment | November 1998, October 1999 |
| B-drift sediment | B-drift upper region {3} | Pyrite sediment particles separated from the B-drift slime | October 1999 |
| C-drift slime | C-drift upper region {4} | Submerged slime streamer attached to sediment | February 1999, October 1999 |
a
Numbers enclosed by braces correspond to map locations in Fig. 1.