Supplementary information to Bråte et al. 2010
Table S1. Showing the studies reporting 18S rDNA environmental sequences that were
used in BLAST searches in this study.
Study
Habitat
Size fraction (µm)
Sequence used in BLAST search
Diez et al. (2001)
Marine
0.2 to 5
AF363210
Edgcomb et al. (2002)
Marine
Whole community
No
Lopez-Garcia et al. (2003) Marine
Whole community
AF530536
AF530535
AF530534
Massana et al. (2004)
Marine
0.2 to 3
No
Behnke et al. (2006)
Marine
0.7
No
Lovejoy et al. (2006)
Marine
0.2 to 3
No
Zuendorf et al. (2006)
Marine
0.7
DQ103802
Dalby et al. (2008)
Marine
1 to 10
No
Countway et al. (2005)
Freshwater 0.7
AY938174
Richards et al. (2005)
Freshwater 0.2
AY919735
Slapeta et al. (2005)
Freshwater 0.2 to 5
No
Lefranc et al. (2005)
Freshwater 0.2 to 5
AY642737 AY642738 AY642744
Lefèvre et al. (2007)
Freshwater 0.6
DQ244034 DQ244020 DQ244035
DQ244037 DQ244038
Lepère et al. (2007)
Freshwater
5
Lepère et al. (2008)
Freshwater 0.2
No
EF196778
EF196733
EF196689
Lefèvre et al. (2008)
Freshwater 0.6
EU162630
EU162627
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