Research Article

Archaeal Communities in a Heterogeneous Hypersaline-Alkaline Soil

Table 2

Relative abundance of the taxonomic affiliations at genus level of the archaeal communities of soils from the former lake Texcoco.

Taxonomic groupElectrolytic conductivity (dS/m)
0.79.084.8139.1143.7157.2

Candidatus Nitrososphaera 99.09 (0.10)a0.13 (0.09)0.08 (0.02)0.14 (0.05)0.04 (0.02)0.01 (0.01)
Cenarchaeaceaeb01.06 (0.60)9.10 (4.48)0.02 (0.01)0.29 (0.14)0.01 (0.01)
Cenarchaeum 00.01 (0.01)0.05 (0.02)00.01 (0.01)0
Crenarchaeota MCGp GrfC2600.08 (0.04)0000
Crenarchaeota MHVG00.26 (0.18)0.16 (0.12)00.01 (0.01)0
Halalkalicoccus 00.01 (0.00)0000
Halobacteriaceaeb0.09 (0.04)36.83 (4.79)63.40 (10.57)40.97 (10.54)46.16 (11.30)48.42 (1.66)
Halobacteriaceae XKL7500.01 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)0.02 (0.02)00.02 (0.02)
Halobacteriales MSP410000.07 (0.04)0.01 (0.01)0.16 (0.06)
Halobiforma 0.01 (0.01)3.17 (1.56)0.43 (0.04)8.39 (3.50)6.23 (2.82)2.58 (0.17)
Haloferax 00.18 (0.09)0.01 (0.01)0.02 (0.02)0.03 (0.02)0.03 (0.02)
Halogeometricum 0.01 (0.01)00000
Halorhabdus 00.40 (0.04)0.43 (0.07)0.51 (0.30)0.83 (0.56)2.44 (0.85)
Halorubrum 00.03 (0.03)0.01 (0.01)00.03 (0.02)0.01 (0.01)
Halosimplex 000000.01 (0.00)
Halostagnicola 0.02 (0.01)5.41 (2.19)0.13 (0.06)3.14 (0.86)2.90 (1.53)1.73 (0.17)
Haloterrigena 0.01 (0.01) 4.11 (1.48)0.40 (0.05)9.77 (2.26)6.72 (1.11)8.68 (2.70)
Methanoculleus 00000.01 (0.01)0
Methanolobus 00.06 (0.04)00.01 (0.01)00
Methanomethylovorans 00000.01 (0.01)0
Methanosaeta 0000.01 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)0
Methanosarcina 00.01 (0.01)0000
Methanospirillum 0000.02 (0.02)0.01 (0.01)0
Natrialba 00.01 (0.01)00.04 (0.03)00.01 (0.01)
Natronococcus 019.90 (4.57)0.68 (0.26)16.38 (5.58)20.40 (8.13)15.87 (0.26)
Natronomonas 0.01 (0.01)3.32 (0.80)1.29 (0.16)1.23 (0.52)2.00 (0.67)4.96 (1.00)
Natronorubrum 000.01 (0.01)000.10 (0.10)
Nitrosopumilus 00.20 (0.13)1.80 (0.86)00.06 (0.04)0
Other Cenarchaeaceaec00.01 (0.01)0.18 (0.07)00.03 (0.03)0
Other Halobacteriaceaec0.01 (0.01)11.37 (1.08)1.28 (0.23)15.94 (3.20)11.76 (1.29)11.27 (0.53)
Thermoplasmata E20.08 (0.05)0.59 (0.30)0.13 (0.09)0.54 (0.08)0.14 (0.12)0.26 (0.16)

Numbers in parenthesis are standard errors.
bOTUs with not enough sequence information to reach a deeper taxonomic assignation.
cNovel groups not classified yet.