Supplemental Tables for “Growth rates and rRNA:rDNA of four marine bacteria in pure cultures and in the Delaware Estuary”, submitted to The ISME Journal, by Lankiewicz et al. Table S1 Copies of rRNA and rDNA per milliliter of culture as determined using qPCR and RT-qPCR for Cand. Pelagibacter Ubique. Culture 1 1 2, 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 Timepoint Reaction rDNA copies/mL RNA copies/mL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1.08E+06 9.85E+05 1.74E+06 1.78E+06 2.80E+06 2.34E+06 3.04E+06 2.78E+06 3.15E+06 2.92E+06 4.96E+06 4.79E+06 1.39E+06 1.30E+06 4.04E+06 3.75E+06 1.47E+06 1.27E+06 5.52E+06 4.44E+06 6.98E+06 6.32E+06 8.58E+06 8.25E+06 3.32E+07 2.56E+07 2.70E+07 4.40E+07 2.89E+07 3.61E+07 2.79E+07 3.62E+07 6.33E+07 3.52E+07 4.83E+07 4.57E+07 9.30E+07 7.69E+07 1.16E+08 1.92E+08 7.62E+07 7.55E+07 2.02E+08 2.58E+08 2.93E+08 4.80E+08 1.52E+08 1.66E+08 Table S2 Copies of rRNA and rDNA per milliliter of culture as determined using qPCR and RT-qPCR for SAR92 HTCC2207. Culture 1 1 2, 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 Timepoint Reaction rDNA copies/mL RNA copies/mL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 4.18E+05 4.13E+05 3.36E+05 3.26E+05 4.98E+05 5.11E+05 5.10E+05 4.68E+05 3.79E+05 3.75E+05 4.36E+05 4.20E+05 5.83E+05 5.82E+05 3.27E+05 7.11E+05 6.41E+05 6.66E+05 2.96E+05 9.73E+05 1.25E+06 1.48E+06 1.02E+06 1.67E+06 8.80E+06 7.75E+06 9.44E+06 7.23E+06 1.11E+07 1.01E+07 7.93E+06 7.63E+06 9.74E+06 8.20E+06 7.97E+06 8.26E+06 9.18E+06 8.36E+06 6.36E+06 5.31E+06 7.37E+06 6.52E+06 5.70E+06 5.36E+06 1.61E+07 1.24E+07 1.42E+07 1.30E+07 Table S3 Copies of rRNA and rDNA per milliliter of culture as determined using qPCR and RT-qPCR for Polaribacter MED152. Culture 1 1 2, 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 Timepoint Reaction rDNA copies/mL RNA copies/mL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3.75E+06 1.85E+06 1.37E+06 1.10E+07 1.10E+06 6.42E+06 5.04E+07 3.29E+06 3.68E+07 4.64E+07 5.51E+06 2.66E+07 3.78E+06 1.82E+06 1.55E+06 1.10E+07 9.31E+05 6.16E+06 5.18E+07 3.28E+06 3.70E+07 4.58E+07 5.63E+06 2.76E+07 7.57E+08 1.43E+06 8.23E+08 8.37E+09 3.68E+07 2.56E+09 2.50E+10 2.91E+07 9.08E+09 1.95E+10 4.54E+07 1.67E+10 4.53E+08 1.15E+06 6.51E+08 7.35E+09 3.91E+07 1.69E+09 2.25E+10 2.48E+07 6.39E+09 1.62E+10 2.31E+07 1.33E+10 Table S4 Copies of rRNA and rDNA per milliliter of culture as determined using qPCR and RT-qPCR for Ruegeria Pomeroyi. Culture 1 1 2, 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 Timepoint Reaction rDNA copies/mL RNA copies/mL 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2.57E+05 2.45E+05 3.14E+05 2.59E+05 4.27E+05 4.43E+05 1.11E+06 1.09E+06 6.62E+05 7.12E+05 9.75E+05 9.35E+05 1.69E+07 1.68E+07 1.28E+07 1.23E+07 2.08E+07 1.82E+07 1.46E+07 1.44E+07 2.49E+07 2.46E+07 2.04E+07 1.93E+07 6.83E+07 5.00E+07 8.44E+07 7.87E+07 6.77E+07 5.25E+07 2.19E+08 2.11E+08 2.06E+08 1.93E+08 1.39E+08 1.35E+08 5.27E+08 5.94E+08 4.77E+08 4.07E+08 5.20E+08 5.86E+08 7.93E+08 7.01E+08 1.12E+09 9.25E+08 8.89E+08 7.35E+08