Research Article

RNA-Based Assessment of Diversity and Composition of Active Archaeal Communities in the German Bight

Table 1

Primers used for amplification of the V3–V5 region of the archaeal 16S rRNA [20].

SamplePrimerSequence (5′-3′)
454-Adaptor (Lip-A Kit)KeyUnique MIDArchaeal 16S rRNA specific

655ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGACTGTACAGTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
658ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGAGACTATACTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
659ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGAGCGTCGTCTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
660ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGAGTACGCTATACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
664ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGATAGAGTACTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
670ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGCACGCTACGTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
671ARC344FCGTATCGCCTCCCTCGCGCCATCAGCAGTAGACGTACGGGGYGCAGCAGGCGCGA
AllARC915RCTATGCGCCTTGCCAGCCCGCTCAGACAGTATATAGTGCTCCCCCGCCAATTCCT