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| Phylotypes | Affiliation | Closest species or clones
(accession number) | 16S rRNA gene similarity | Number of clones detected from each site |
| | | | (%) | Pond-A | Pond-B | Pond-C | Pond-D |
|
| Order Sulfolobales |
|
| ST2A1-3 | Acidianus brierleyi | Acidianus brierleyi (D26489) | 98.9 | | 3 | | |
| ST2A1-43 | Acidianus sp. | Acidianus ambivalens (D85506) | 95.5 | | 1 | | |
| ST2A1-14 | Metallosphaera sedula | Metallosphaera sedula (D26491) | 100.0 | | 7 | | |
| ST2A1-16 | Sulfolobus solfataricus | Sulfolobus solfataricus (D26490) | 99.1 | | 2 | | |
| ST8A1-57 | Sulfurisphaera sp. | Sulfurisphaera ohwakuensis (D85507) | 95.1 | 1 | | | |
| ST2A1-5 | Uncultured Sulfolobales | Acidic hot spring clone HO78W21A35 (AB600386) | 80.7 | | 39 | | |
| ST2A1-32 | Uncultured Sulfolobales | Acidic sulfuric hot spring clone LH2wa_90 (FJ797343) | 98.3 | | 6 | | |
| ST8A1-12 | Uncultured Sulfolobales | Acidic sulfuric hot spring clone HS3wa_52 (FJ797311) | 96.6 | 92 | | | |
| ST8A1-52 | Uncultured Sulfolobales | Acidic sulfuric hot spring clone HS3wa_52 (FJ797311) | 94.1 | 1 | | | |
|
| Order Acidilobales |
|
| ST2A1-9 | Caldisphaera lagunensis | Caldisphaera lagunensis (AB087499) | 98.5 | | 10 | | |
| ST2A1-27 | Caldisphaera sp. | Caldisphaera draconis (EF057392) | 95.4 | | 2 | | 21 |
| (=ST15A1-7) | | | | | | | |
|
| Order Thermoproteales |
|
| ST8A1-8 | Caldivirga maquilingensis | Caldivirga maquilingensis (AB013926) | 98.0 | 5 | 2 | | |
| (=ST2A1-31) | | | | | | | |
| ST8A1-40 | Vulcanisaeta distributa | Vulcanisaeta distributa (AB063630) | 98.9 | 7 | | | |
| ST16A1-87 | Thermocladium modestius | Thermocladium modestius (AB005296) | 99.4 | | | 1 | |
|
| Other crenarchaeal groups |
|
| ST2A1-8 | UTSCG | Acidic sulfuric hot spring clone LH2wa_02 (FJ797332) | 99.7 | | 20 | 42 | 52 |
| (=ST16A1-1, ST15A1-1) | | | | | | | |
| ST15A1-3 | UTSCG | Acidic hot spring clone Uzon4-5d (HQ395709) | 96.1 | | | | 2 |
| ST16A1-6 | UTSCG | Acidic spring clone HO28S9A21 (AB600335) | 96.9 | | | 6 | |
| ST16A1-20 | UTSCG | Hot spring clone SK865 (DQ834117) | 96.9 | | | 13 | 6 |
| (=ST15A1-6) | | | | | | | |
| ST2A1-2 | UTSCG II | Hot spring clone BW303 (DQ924843) | 93.3 | | 4 | | |
| ST2A1-15 | UTSCG II | Hot spring clone SK993 (DQ834245) | 99.7 | | 1 | | |
| ST15A1-26 | HWCG V | Acidic spring clone HO28S9A51 (AB600343) | 96.3 | | | | 1 |
| ST15A2-137 | HWCG V | Acidic spring clone HO28S9A51 (AB600343) | 98.4 | | | | 2 |
| ST2A1-25 | HWCG VI | Hot spring clone SK859 (DQ834111) | 95.8 | | 13 | 46 | 2 |
| (=ST16A1-2, ST15A1-34) | | | | | | | |
| ST2A1-52 | HWCG VI | Hot spring clone SK859 (DQ834111) | 96.0 | | 2 | | |
| ST15A1-32 | HWCG VII | Acidic sulfuric hot spring clone HS4sa_15 (FJ797318) | 91.2 | | | | 1 |
|
| Euryarchaeal groups |
|
| ST16A1-50 | Uncultured Euryarchaeota | Thermal spring clone kmc048 (HM150106) | 99.2 | | | 1 | 17 |
| (=ST15A1-8) | | | | | | | |
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| Total | | | | 106 | 112 | 109 | 104 |
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