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Table 5 Composition of the microbial communities in water, integral sample, and benthos mat in Zavarzin thermal spring.

From: Molecular analysis of the benthos microbial community in Zavarzin thermal spring (Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia)

Domain

Phylum

% in benthos mat

% in water sample

% in integral sample **

Bacteria

Caldiserica

34.8

1.72

1

 

Dictyoglomi

25.5

1.65

2

 

Aquificae

12.7

32.27

3

 

Proteobacteria

8.0

23

13

 

Alphaproteobacteria*

-

> 1

-

 

Deltaproteobacteria*

7.3

3.01

-

 

Betaproteobacteria*

0.3

6.57

13

 

Gammaproteobacteria*

0.4

10.99

-

 

Epsilonproteobacteria*

-

> 1

-

 

Nitrospirae

3.2

-

3

 

Thermotogae

2.0

6.27

-

 

Firmicutes

1.5

> 1

0.3

 

Thermodesulfobacteria

1.2

6.32

-

 

Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi

0.8

> 1

-

 

Actinobacteria

0.1

> 1

-

 

Chloroflexi

2.0

> 1

38

 

Deferribacteres

0.9

12.15

8

 

Armatimonadetes

1.3

-

6

 

Candidate divisions AC1, OP1, OD1

1.4

-

-

 

Acidobacteria

0.3

> 1

1

 

Deinococcus-Thermus

-

4.35

-

 

Verrucomicrobia

-

1.01

-

 

Candidate division BRC1

0.1

1.70

0.3

 

Cyanobacteria

-

> 0.20

-

 

New lineage 1

-

1.04

+

 

New lineage 2

-

-

-

 

Unclassified

3.8

-

24

Archaea

Crenarchaeota

1.0

2.25

59

 

Thaumarchaeota

1.6

-

-

 

Euryarchaeota

0.1

1.89

7

 

Korarchaeota

-

0.34

21

 

Nanoarchaeota

-

0.02

-

 

Unclassified

-

-

13

  1. *class
  2. ** % of bacterial (300) and archaeal (91) sequences
  3. + this group was found in the integral sample, but the percentage of clones was not specified