Metabolic characteristics of dominant microbes and key rare species from an acidic hot spring in Taiwan revealed by metagenomics

Table 2 Information-rich genera and the top 20 most abundant genera derived from SNP hot springs water

Rank in abundance	Information-rich genera^a		Top 20 most abundant genera identified by 16S rDNA analysis
1	*Hydrogenobaculum*	5.73 %	*Hydrogenobaculum*	86.31 %
2	*Vulcanisaeta*	3.64 %	Nanoarchaeum	0.99 %
3	*Thermoproteus*	2.82 %	*Acidithiobacillus*	0.85 %
4	*Caldisphaera*	2.66 %	*Thermoproteus*	0.67 %
5	*Sulfolobus*	2.43 %	*Caldisphaera*	0.47 %
6	*Caldivirga*	2.39 %	*Thiomonas*	0.26 %
7	*Acidithiobacillus*	2.17 %	Acidicaldus	0.23 %
8	*Thiomonas*	1.66 %	Sulfurisphaera	0.21 %
9	*Metallosphaera*	1.50 %	Acidianus	0.17 %
10			*Caldivirga*	0.16 %
11			*Metallosphaera*	0.16 %
12			*Vulcanisaeta*	0.16 %
13			Thiobacillus	0.14 %
14			*Sulfolobus*	0.12 %
15			Stygiolobus	0.11 %
16			Thermocladium	0.10 %
17			Pyrobaculum	0.05 %
18			Desulfurella	0.04 %
19			Acidimicrobium	0.02 %
20			Propionibacterium	0.02 %

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