1 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data “Caldanaerocella colombiensis” (AY464940) Geosporobacter subterrenus (DQ643978) 53 0.10 uncultured bacterium clone Y36 (AF407679) uncultured Gram-positive bacterium (AJ810556) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph95-OTU32 (AM778027) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph34-OTU32 (AM778012) uncultured low G+C Gram-positive bacterium clone DR546BH1103001SAD18 (DQ234642) DGGE band CVA Lane18CL70 (FN401545) DGGE band CVA Lane20CL79 (FN401552) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph72-OTU33 (AM778019) uncultured low G+C Gram-positive bacterium clone DR546BH1103001SAD28 (DQ234647) 96 69 uncultured bacterium clone: SMG133 (AM930313) uncultured bacterium clone SMQ127 (AM930342) uncultured bacterium clone: SMG133 (FN667367) uncultured bacterium clone: SHBZ1630 (EU638482) 89 69 50 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph136-OTU22 (AM777955) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph138-OTU22 (AM777957) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph137-OTU22 (AM777956) 77 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph97-OTU22 (AM777980) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph130-OTU22 (AM777953) 94 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph80-OTU23 (AM777977) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph50-OTU37 (AM777975) DGGE band CVA Lane21CL81 (FN401554 ) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph15-OTU35 (AM778006) uncultured bacterium clone B11-15_GoMY (AB476673) 62 uncultured bacterium clone ANTXXIII_706-4_Bac71 FN429799) DGGE band CVA Lane12Cl46 (FN401534) 63 DGGE band CVA Lane13CL49 (FN401537) DGGE band CVA Lane19CL74 (FN401547) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph87-OTU34 (AM778023) 76 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph98-OTU34 (AM778028) DGGE band CVA Lane19CL73 (FN401546) uncultured bacterium clone dr36g (AY540845) 92 uncultured bacterium clone KL441HWDS3.4 (DQ191818) 57 iron-reducing bacterium enrichment culture clone HN-HFO75 (FJ269100) uncultured Anaerobranca sp. clone SRB2 (DQ069229) uncultured bacterium clone SGNY0002 (EU730978) uncultured bacterium clone SGNY0215 (EU731004) 92 70 81 90 82 92 78 92 52 56 78 Candidatus “Desulforudis audaxviator” MP104C (CP000860) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph32-OTU25 (AM777970) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph29-OTU25 (AM777967) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph1-OTU25 (AM778000) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph39-OTU25 (AM778013) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph30-OTU27 (AM777969) uncultured bacterium clone EV818BHEB6102702SAFF1 (DQ256295) uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-2 (DQ088771) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph18-OTU26 (AM777962) DGGE band CVA Lane12Cl48 (FN401536) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph49-OTU20 (AM777974) DGGE band CVA Lane12Cl47 (FN401535) DGGE band CVA Lane12CL24a (FN401533) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph12-OTU21 (AM777952) uncultured bacterium clone DR9IPCB16SCT8 (AY604055) uncultured bacterium clone TTMF18 (AY741692) uncultured bacterium TTMF141 (AY741691) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph48-OTU29 (AM777973) uncultured bacterium clone TTMF70 (AY741706) Cryptanaerobacter phenolicus strain LR7.2 (NR_025757) uncultured Moorella group bacterium clone HS07Ba14 (EU016419) 57 71 uncultured bacterium clone: DR938CH110701SACH36 (DQ230961) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph10-OTU24 (AM778001) 88 uncultured bacterium clone MiJ7 (EU645123) uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-77 (DQ088758) DGGE band CVA Lane15CL58 (FN401540) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph135-OTU42 (AM777954) 56 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph79-OTU38 (AM777998) 59 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph44-OTU41 (AM778015) 86 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph60-OTU40 (AM778017) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph84-OTU40 (AM777978) 87 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph74-OTU43 (AM778020) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph109-OTU43 (AM777951) 89 uncultured Gram-positive bacterium (AJ431345) 65 uncultured low G+C Gram-positive bacterium clone ML-A-7 (DQ206408) Dethiobacter alkaliphilus (EF422412) uncultured low G+C Gram-positive bacterium clone ML635J-4 (AF507887) 76 uncultured bacterium clone F4-B15 (FJ206817) 87 uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-13 (DQ088768) 77 65 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph23-OTU30 (AM777965) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph25-OTU30 (AM777966) 89 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph84-OTU30 (AM778022) 53 uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-10 (DQ088769) 67 DGGE band CVA Lane17CL68 (FN401544 ) 98 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph72-OTU31 (AM777996) 53 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph42-OTU36 (AM777972) 74 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph103-OTU39 (AM777948) 91 81 74 83 1 2 uncultured bacterium clone N05May-64 (EU442937) uncultured low G+C Gram-positive bacterium clone ML635J-16 (AF507885) uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-69 (DQ088759) DGGE band CVA Lane21CL84 (FN401555) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph102-OTU28 (AM777947) uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-27 (DQ088764) uncultured bacterium clone BE325FW032701CTS_hole1-1 (DQ088772) Supplementary Figure S1 Clostridia 2 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 3 4 5 0.10 DGGE band CVA Lane17Cl67 (FN401543) 77 92 uncultured bacterium clone: De2104 (HQ184020) DGGE band CVA Lane5Cl18 (FN401566) 90 uncultured candidate division OP11 bacterium clone Bol26 (AY193135) 75 78 86 99 84 90 92 98 59 71 74 99 67 99 93 DGGE band CVA Lane2Cl7 (FN401561) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph140-OTU17 (AM777958) uncultured earthworm intestine bacterium clone wi14 (AY154482) uncultured bacterium clone HTH (DQ497748) uncultured Acidobacteria bacterium clone 1B5 (AM902634) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Acidobacteria uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph22-OTU44 (AM777964) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph99-OTU44 (AM777981) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph156-OTU44 (AM777960) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph115-OTU44 (AM777984) uncultured actinobacterium clone NRB9 (HM041926) uncultured bacterium clone: SMD-B10 (AB478002) uncultured bacterium clone Er-LLAYS-23 (EU542498) Propionibacterium acnes strain ES_MS23c (EU888516) 88 uncultured bacterium clone SD04E02 (FM875678) 98 DGGE band CVA Lane16CL64 (FN401541) 99 uncultured Propionibacterium sp. isolate DPEU18 (EF127670) uncultured bacterium clone 21_1 (FJ390446) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph8-OTU45 (AM777976) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph19-OTU45 (AM777963) uncultured bacterium clone LD_Ba_TopB18 (EU644259) Actinobacteria 99 uncultured bacterium clone p8a18ok (FJ479391) 54 unclassified bacteria uncultured candidate division OD1 bacterium clone MS11-3-D12 (AM712350) uncultured bacterium clone: ORI-860-02-P_S221-223 (JN123504) uncultured Chlamydiales bacterium clone:KB19 (AB074958) uncultured bacterium clone ORSFC2_a11 (EF393413) uncultured bacterium a2b013 (AF419661) uncultured bacterium clone D14R15C85 (FM956798) uncultured bacterium clone Ax3_115 (EU762760) 99 94 DGGE band CVA Lane8Cl29 (FN401571) DGGE band CVA Lane8Cl32 (FN401572) Gram-positive bacterium strain SOGA31 (AJ244807) Bacterium strain: Ellin6529 (HM748677) Supplementary Figure S1 (cont) Chloroflexi 3 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 50 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph92-OTU1 (AM778025) uncultured bacterium clone pGXAR39 (DQ266903) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph23-OTU1 (AM778009) 0.10 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph57-OTU1 (AM777993) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph105-OTU1 (AM778002) 55 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph132-OTU1 (AM777986) 79 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph58-OTU1 (AM777994) 62 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph147-OTU1 (AM777959) 65 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph113-OTU1 (AM778004) 70 uncultured soil bacterium clone FL9cT72-43 (AM884739) 87 uncultured Burkholderiales bacterium clone 88B-2E (EU073801) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph144-OTU5 (AM777988) DGGE band CVA Lane14CL53 (FN401538) DGGE band CVA Lane20CL80 (FN401553 ) Betaproteobacteria 51 DGGE band CVA Lane14CL56 (FN401539 ) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph92-OTU2 (AM777979) 73 DGGE band CVA Lane10Cl40 (FN401530) 63 Hydrogenophaga flava (AB021420) 96 Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava (AF078770) 97 Hydrogenophaga atypica (AJ585992) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph106-OTU3 (AM777983) 53 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph121-OTU3 (AM777985) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph141-OTU3 (AM777987) phenanthrene-degrading bacterium 90 (AY177371) 53 Methylibium subsaxonicum (AM774413) 97 Janthinobacterium lividum (Y08846) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph108-OTU4 (AM777950) Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum (Y08845) 55 DGGE band CVA Lane16CL63 (FN401542 ) 64 uncultured bacterium clone HY1_b11_2 (EU776115) 50 DGGE band CVA Lane23CL91 (FN401558 ) Pseudomonas umsongensis strain DPNP-6 (FJ592169) 95 Pseudomonas fluorescens (AJ308308) Gammaproteobacteria 69 Pseudomonas sp. Strain Pb1 (DQ898312) 90 DGGE band CVA Lane7Cl28 (FN401570 ) 84 uncultured gamma proteobacterium clone 357 (AB252880) Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (EU834256) 90 Acinetobacter johnsonii (EU594557) Legionella geestiana (Z49723) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph3-OTU7 (AM777968) 80 uncultured bacterium clone EV818BHEB5102702SAS80 (DQ256358) Silanimonas lenta (AY557615) uncultured Xanthomonadaceae bacterium clone DR938CH110701SACH44 (DQ230964) 53 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph43-OTU6 (AM778014) 60 Ochrobactrum anthropi (U88444) Ochrobactrum tritici (AY429607) Alphaproteobacteria uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph36-OTU8 (AM777971) 97 Truepera radiovictrix (DQ022076) uncultured endolithic bacterium clone 2B_WNS (AB374367) 75 uncultured bacterium strain AKIW1046 (DQ129340) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph74-OTU9 (AM777997) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph47-OTU9 (AM777992) Deinococci uncultured bacterium strain6 (EU017377) 98 Thermus thermophilus (X07998) uncultured endolithic bacterium clone 2B_WNS (AB374367) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph160-OTU10 (AM777961) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Suplementary Figure S2 4 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data DGGE band CVA Lane1CL1a (FN401548 ) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph93-OTU16 (AM778026) DGGE band CVA Lane3Cl11 (FN401563) DGGE band CVA Lane5Cl20 (FN401568) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph22-OTU15 (AM778008) DGGE band CVA Lane2Cl5 (FN401559) 50 DGGE band CVA Lane1Cl3 (FN401550) 61 DGGE band CVA Lane1Cl4 (FN401551) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph79-OTU11 (AM778021) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph5-OTU11 (AM778016) 99 uncultured bacterium clone 11S_02e05 (FJ382718) DGGE band CVA Lane2Cl6 (FN401560) DGGE band CVA Lane4Cl13 (FN401565) DGGE band CVA Lane5Cl19 (FN401567) DGGE band CVA Lane2Cl8 (FN401562) DGGE band CVA Lane22CL85 (FN401556) 91 uncultured eubacterium OCG1 (AB047111) DGGE band CVA Lane9Cl34 (FN40157 ) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph9-OTU12 (AM778024) 75 DGGE band CVA Lane1Cl2 (FN401549) 74 DGGE band CVA Lane22CL88 (FN401557) DGGE band CVA Lane3Cl12 (FN401564) 99 DGGE band CVA Lane6Cl23 (FN401569) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph31-OTU13 (AM778011) uncultured bacterium clone MiJ37 (EU645147) uncultured Sphingobacteria bacterium clone A1870 (EU283537) 63 55 55 Bacteroidetes uncultured Sphingobacteria bacterium clone A2187 (EU283539) uncultured bacterium clone ambient_alkaline-9 (GU454992) uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone 02N1A240 (DQ330406) 99 uncultured Sphingobacteria bacterium clone A845 (EU283534) 52 uncultured Sphingobacteria bacterium clone A1503 (EU283512) uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone ML635J-44 (AF507864) uncultured bacterium clone HDBW-WB41 (AB237704) 82 88 uncultured bacterium clone G3DCM-198 (EU037344) uncultured Bacteroidetes bacterium clone ML623J-20 (AF507861) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph114-OTU14 (AM778005) 94 uncultured bacterium clone NED5C1 (EF445243) uncultured bacterium clone 1103200819980 (EU844042) uncultured bacterium clone Saki_aaj64a06 (EU475765) 88 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph64-OTU18 (AM778018) 82 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm1Ph2-OTU18 (AM777989) uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm2Ph1-OTU18 (AM777982) DGGE band CVA Lane11Cl44 (FN401532) 89 DGGE band CVA Lane11Cl41 (FN401531) 56 uncultured bacterium clone CVCloAm3Ph2-OTU19 (AM778007) 68 uncultured bacterium clone MD2896-B96 (EU385709) uncultured bacterium clone 2WB_25 (EU574661) uncultured Nitrospirae bacterium clone S15A-MN131 (AJ534688) 0.10 50 27 28 29 30 31 Suplementary Figure S2 (cont) Nitrospira 5 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 7+ OTU3a (FN690957) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 7 OTU3a (FN690956) unclassified uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 3 gr7 OTU3a (FN690970) 94 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 4+ OTU3a (FN690952) group 2 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 8 OTU3a (FN690958) 88 uncultured archaeon clone MKCSB-A2 (DQ363753) uncultured crenarchaeote clone LP30MA92 (FJ901994) 99 96 uncultured archaeon clone Fapm1aA55 (AB213062) uncultured archaeon clone Fapm1aA55 (AB213057) uncultured archaeon clone TVG8AR06 (GQ848376) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 9+ OTU4a(FN690961) uncultured crenarchaeote clone MLSB_30m_2E_A (EF420185) 75 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 37 gr1Dtot OTU4a (FN690972) uncultured archaeon clone MLSB_30m_6G_A (EF420189) uncultured archaeon clone ss016a (AJ969779) 77 uncultured archaeon clone ASC37 (AB161337) uncultured archaeon clone A7 (GU322882) anaerobic methanogenic archaeon ET1-8 (AJ244284) anaerobic methanogenic archaeon ET1-10 (AJ244286) Geogemma indica strain 296 (DQ492260) Pyrodictium occultum strain PL-19 (NR_025933) 0.10 0.10 97 33 34 35 36 37 38 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2,3 phyl grBtot OTU5a (FN690968) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 6 OTU5a (FN690955) uncultured archaeon clone DR9IPCA16SCT1 (AY604063) ANME-1a uncultured archaeon clone MS149BH1062003_10 (DQ354742) 87 uncultured euryarchaeote clone pIta-HW-4 (AB301860) uncultured archaeon clone A163H03 (FJ455963) uncultured archaeon clone Arch125 (FN428824) 82 Methanosaeta harundinacea (AY970347) Methanomethylovorans hollandica (AY260433) uncultured archaeon clone Ele_A_14 (EF444662) uncultured archaeon clone Thp_A_72 (EF444631) unclassified 71 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 3+ OTU6a (FN690950) group 3 uncultured archaeon clone CP-A127 (DQ521194) uncultured archaeon clone MD3057C-58 (GQ994159) Methanothermococcus okinawensis strain IH1 (AB057722) Methanococcus aeolicus strain Mic6c09 (AB546256) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 13 OTU1a (FN690944) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 13a OTU1a (FN690945) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 12 OTU1a (FN690942) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 13+ OTU1a (FN690946) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 13a+ OTU1a (FN690943) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 12+ OTU1a (FN690941) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 11 OTU1a (FN690939) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 4 OTU1a (FN690951) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 11+ OTU1a (FN690940) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 43 grAc OTU1a (FN690974) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl grAftot OTU1a (FN690977) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl grAatot OTU1a (FN690976) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 5+ OTU1a (FN690954) SAGMEG 2 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl 24 grAk OTU1a (FN690962) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 40 grAd OTU1a (FN690973) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl grAe OTU1a (FN690967) 83 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 35 grAm OTU1a (FN690971) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl 36 grAy OTU1a (FN690964) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 20 grAj OTU1a (FN690969) 81 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl 66 grAh OTU1a (FN690966) uncultured archaeon clone NO27FW100501SAB190 (DQ230938) uncultured archaeon clone NO27FW100501SAB175 (DQ230939) 96 uncultured archaeon clone EV818BHEB6102702SAFF101 (DQ256304) uncultured archaeon SAGMA-12 (AB050242) uncultured archaeon clone MP104-1109-a19 (DQ088781) uncultured archaeon SAGMA-U (AB050226) uncultured archaeon SAGMA-H (AB050212) 89 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-3 phyl 65 gr5tot OTU2a (FN690975) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl 51 gr5tot OTU2a (FN690965) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, clone CVA-2 phyl 27 gr1Etot OTU2a (FN690963) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 10+ OTU2a (FN690938) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 9 OTU2a (FN690960) unclassified 65 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 5 OTU2a (FN690953) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 10 OTU2a (FN690937) group 1 52 uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 8+ OTU2a (FN690959) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 14+ OTU2a (FN690948) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 14 OTU2a (FN690947) uncultured archaeon partial 16S rRNA gene, DGGE band CVA 1_2 OTU2a (FN690949) 99 uncultured archaeon clone FeOrig_A_7 (GQ356919) 80 uncultured archaeon clone TWP6-42 (GQ410922) uncultured archaeon clone MD3059V-68 (GQ927645) uncultured archaeon clone HDBW-WA14 (AB237747) 73 Suplementary Figure S3 Phylum Euryarchaeota 32 Class Thermoprotei 6 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 50 a) 45 40 number of OTU's 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 100 200 300 number of clones screened 400 500 600 b) cutoff value Number of BP-OTUs 500 0.01 0.02 400 0.03 0.04 300 0.05 0.06 200 0.07 0.08 100 0.09 0.1 0 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 Number of bacterial pyrosequences 350 cutoff value 0.01 300 0.02 Number of AP-OTUs 250 0.03 0.04 200 0.05 150 0.06 0.07 100 0.08 50 0.09 0.1 0 0 39 40 41 42 1000 2000 3000 Number of archaeal pyrosequences 4000 5000 Suplementary Figure S4 7 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data CVA-accC- clone:36 (HE686926) 49 61 28 53 58 20 81 54 32 85 11 41 50 0.05 43 CVA-accC- clone:7 (HE686933) CVA-accC- clone:25 (HE686925) 52 CVA-accC-Cluster-1 CVA-accC- clone:22 (HE686924) 100 CVA-accC- clone:17 (HE686922) CVA-accC- clone:15 (HE686921) Dehalococcoides sp. GT (YP_003461973) Ornithinibacillus sp. TW25 (ZP_08784876) Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 (YP_147452) Anoxybacillus flavithermus WK1 (YP_002314550) 100 Geobacillus sp. WCH70 (YP_002949846) 81 Geobacillus sp. Y4.1MC1 (ZP_05374279) 100 92 Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius C56-YS93 (ZP_06809961) Archaeoglobus profundus DSM 5631 (YP_003399787) 98 Ferroglobus placidus DSM 10642 (YP_003434777) CVA-accC- clone:19 (HE686923) CVA-accC- clone:14 (HE686920) 100 CVA-accC-Cluster-2 70 CVA-accC- clone:40 (HE686929) CVA-accC- clone:47 (HE686932) Methanobacterium sp. SWAN-1 (YP_004520289) 99 Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 2375 (ZP_03607571) Methanohalobium evestigatum Z-7303 (YP_003726235) Methanocaldococcus vulcanius M7 (YP_003247216) Methanococcus voltae A3 (YP_003708349) Bacteroides salanitronis DSM 18170 (YP_004257877) 100 Bacteroides sp. 2_1_16 (ZP_06094446) Wolinella succinogenes DSM 1740 (NP_907271) Cyanothece sp. PCC 8802 (YP_003137206) 98 Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301 (YP_170887) Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 (NP_924958) Chlorobium tepidum TLS (NP_661063) Halothermothrix orenii H 168 (YP_002508378) Acetohalobium arabaticum DSM 5501 (YP_003828313) 100 Leptospirillum rubarum (mine drainage metagenome) (EAY55884) Leptospirillum sp. Group II '5-way CG' (mine drainage metagenome) (EDZ39228) uncultured Geobacter sp. clone: BEMACCC (ABR01040) CVA-accC- clone:41 (HE686930) 62 CVA-accC-Cluster-4 100 clone: 25.05.2004. 9m depth (CAI85103) Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii DSM 11347 (YP_002248245) Aquifex aeolicus VF5 (NP_214014) Novosphingobium sp. PP1Y (YP_004534660) Mariprofundus ferrooxydans PV-1 (ZP_01453567) Phenylobacterium zucineum HLK1 (YP_002131863) 90 Oceanicaulis sp. HTCC2633 (ZP_00957838) 82 CVA-accC-clone:42 (HE686931) CVA-accC-clone:39 (HE686927) 100 CVA-accC-Cluster-3 98 CVA-accC-clone:4 (HE686928) 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Supplementary figure S5 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Pathway / Target gene 16S rRNA Domain Bacteria Primers Nucleotide sequence (5′–3′) Bac 27F GAG TTT GAT CCT GGC TCA G Bac 1525R AGA AAG GAG GTG ATC CAG CC 16S rRNA Domain Archaea Arc 21F TTC CGG TTG ATC CYG CCG GA Arc 958R YCC GGC GTT GAM TCC AAT T 18S rRNA EukA AAC CTG GTT GAT CCT GCC AGT EukB TGA TCC TTC TGC AGG TTC ACC TAC 26S rRNA gene D1/D2 domain NL1 GCA TAT CAA TAA GCG GAG GAA AAG NL4 GGT CCG TGT TTC AAG ACG G ITS-5.8S rDNA region ITS 1 GTC GTA ACA AGG TTT CCG TAG GTG ITS 4 TCC TCC GCT TAT TGA TAT GC 16S rRNA Domain Bacteria (DGGE) DGGE GC clamped 341f* CCT ACG GGR GGC AGC AG DGGE 534r ATT ACC GCG GCT GCT GG 16S rRNA Domain Archaea (DGGE) Parch519f CAG CCG CCG CGG TAA DGGE GC clamped Arch915* GTG CTC CCC CGC CAA TTC CT 18S rRNA (DGGE) Euk1A CTG GTT GAT CCT GCC AG Euk516r-GCb* ACC AGA CTT GCC CTC C *GC clamp to be added on 5' terminal - CGC CCG GGG CGC GCC CCG GGC GGG GCG GGG GCA CGG GGG G 16S rRNA Domain Bacteria (Pyrosequencing) Gray28F TTT GAT CNT GGCT CAG Gray519r GTN TTA CNG CGG CKG CTG 16S rRNA Domain Archaea (Pyrosequencing) Arch 21F TTC CGG TTG. ATC CYG CCG GA Arch 534r ATT ACC GCG GCT GCT GG References Rainey et al. , 1996 Vetriani et al ., 1999 Behnke et al ., 2006 O’Donnell, 1993 White et al ., 1990 Sørensen et al ., 2005 Coolen et al ., 2004 Díez et al ., 2001 Dowd et al ,. 2008 Brazelton et al ., 2006 Sánchez et al ., 2007 Expected amplicon sizes ~1500 bp ~900 bp ~1100 bp ~740 bp 550 - 900 bp 200 bp 400 bp 560 bp ~500 bp ~500 bp Supplementary Table S1 Primer sets used for detection of genes encoding 16S rRNA SSU for both Domains Bacteria and Archaea and genes encoding key enzymes of CO2 metabolic pathways, sulphur and methane cycles. Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 8 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 methane monooxygenase pmoA MCR methyl coenzymeM reductase GGT GGT GTM GGA TTC ACA CAR TAY GCW ACA GC TTC ATT GCR TAG TTW GGR TAG TT GGN GAC TGG GAC TTC TGG CCG GMG CAA CGT CYT TAC C MCRF MCRreverse primer A 189 mb661 GCG CCA ACY GGR CCR TA Methane cycle TGG CAG ATC ATG ATY MAY GG aps1F aps4R GCT GGA GAT GGA GCY TCY TCW ATT A aprA GCT GAT GCT ATA CAT CCW GGW TAY GG OOR67F ACAC254f CTT GCA GCC TGT NGG MAK NCC NGT TTC TTC GCT GGG TAY CCN ATH ACN CC oorA 345R ACAC720r CIG GIT GYG GIG AAA CIC C RTC ICT TYC ICC IAR ACC CCI ATR TCR TAI GCC CAI CCR TC GAT CAG GTC CTT CAG NCC NTT CCC porA 900F porA 1101R nifJ 2933R ATA GTT KGG SCC ACC TCT TC nifJ 2459F TGG ACM ATG GTD GCY GGK GGT aclB 892F aclB 1204R TCG AAC TTG ATT TCT TTC CA TTC TGG CTG GGB GGH GAY TTY ATY AAR AAY GAC GACGR TGG TAR TG CCG TGR CCR GCV GAC TTC ACC AAA GAC GAC GA Nucleotide sequence (5′–3′) APS reductase Sulpur cyle biotin carboxylase accC 3HP and 3-HP/4-HB cyles 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase form oor A pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase form nifJ pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase form por ATP citrate lyase beta subunit aclB rTCA cycle cbbM F formII RubisCO cbbM cbbM R cbbL F cbbL R cbbL Primers CBB cycle form I RubisCO Pathway / Target gene 470 bp 480 bp 396 bp 460 bp 278 bp 474 bp 201 bp 312 bp 328 bp 711 bp Expected amplicon sizes Costello and Lidstrom, 1999 Luton et al ., 2002 Blazejak et al ., 2006 Auguet et al ., 2008 Campbell and Cary, 2004 Campbell and Cary, 2004 Campbell and Cary, 2004 Campbell et al. , 2003 Campbell and Cary, 2004 Campbell and Cary, 2004 References Supplementary Table S1 (cont.) Primer sets used for detection of genes encoding 16S rRNA SSU for both Domains Bacteria and Archaea and genes encoding key enzymes of CO2 metabolic pathways, sulphur and methane cycles. Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 9 10 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 99 100 101 Supplementary Table S2 Chemical composition, temperature and pH of the a Cabeço de Vide aquifer 102 103 Chemical Oxygen Carbon dioxide Anions Concentration (mM) <0.05 <0.068 Chloride, Cl- 104 1.482 ± 0.100b Sulfate, SO4 2- 105 0.030 ± 0.011 Carbonate, CO3 Nitrate, NO3 106 2- - ≤0.008 - ≤0.008 Fluoride, F - Hydroxyl, OH 107 Silicate, H3 SiO4 1.708 ± 0.186 - 0.087 ± 0.008 - 108 Sulfide, SH Cations Potassium, K 111 112 117 118 119 120 121 122 ≤0.008 0.576 ± 0.029 2+ 2+ ≤0.008 ≤0.008 + Lithium, Li Silicon dioxide, SiO2 ≤0.008 0.0383 ± 0.042 a Results of chemical analysis performed three times a year, between 1991 and 2011, by a recognized state laboratory and provided by M. Fontaínhas. The pH of the water was 11.4 ± 0.16, and the temperature was 20.5 ± 0.8ºC. b 116 + + Magnesium, Mg Iron, Fe 115 0.117 ± 0.009 Ammonium, NH4 Calcium, Ca2 114 2.263 ± 0.158 + 110 113 0.025 ± 0.005 Sodium, Na+ 109 0.108 ± 0.057 The the mean ± standard deviation is presented. 11 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 Supplementary Table 3 Statistical analysis results a) Values of coverage, Shannon index and Shannon equitability determined from the clone library and pyrosequence analyses results Domain Bacteria Domain Archaea Clone library Pyrosequencing Clone library Pyrosequencing Coverage 89.8% 97.7% 98.1% 99.4% Shannon index (H) 2.28 3.5 0.74 1.6 H max 3.81 5.2 1.61 3.4 Shannon equitability 0.60 0.67 0.46 0.48 b) Sørensen similarity index applied to the DGGE profiles obtained for samples 2 to 7. vs Samples 2 3 4 5 6 a 2 1.00 0.90 0.90 0.90 3 4 5 6 7 131 132 133 a 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 b 0.85 0.86 0.75 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.89 1.00 0.75 0.90 0.89 0.75 0.75 b 0.90 1.00 0.89 0.67 0.90 1.00 1.00 0.75 7 0.90 0.90 1.00 1.00 1.00 - , upper right values concern Domain Bacteria values, , lower left concern Domain Archaea values. 12 Tiago and Veríssimo, Supplementary data 147 Supplementary Data References 148 Auguet, J.C., Borrego, C.M., Baneras, L., and Casamayor, E.O. 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