Table 1 Affiliation and closest relatives in Genbank to the enriched (>1% difference in mean proportions) 16S rRNA gene OTUs in bulk particle samples (D1–D7) compared to seawater samples (0.2–10 and 0.2–3 µm)

From: Diverse diazotrophs are present on sinking particles in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

OTU ID

Class affiliation

Closest relative

Similarity

Accession number

Enriched in bulk particle samples

 OTU_43683

Alphaproteobacteria

Shimia sp.

100%

KT720466.1

 OTU_20532

Alphaproteobacteria

Tropicibacter multivorans

100%

KP843700.1

 OTU_16894

Chloroplast

Rhizosolenia

97%

KJ958482.1

 OTU_25878

Flavobacteriia

Unclassified Bacteroidetes; Flavobacteriales

  

 OTU_4074

Gammaproteobacteria

Alteromonas sp.

100%

KX356439.1

 OTU_26436

Gammaproteobacteria

Pseudoalteromonas sp.

100%

KX806641.1

 OTU_22018

Gammaproteobacteria

Unclassified Gammaproteobacteria; Oceanospirillales

  

 OTU_29878

Gammaproteobacteria

Thalassolituus oleivorans

97%

KF170318.1

 OTU_18280

Gammaproteobacteria

Photobacterium angustum

100%

KC534344.1

 OTU_44280

Opitutae

Uncultured Verrucomicrobia; Puniceicoccaceae

99%

HQ675288.1

 OTU_8705

Saprospirae

Unclassified Bacteroidetes; Saprospiraceae

  

Enriched in free-living seawater samples

 OTU_19700

Acidimicrobiia

Uncultured Actinobacteria

100%

HQ675198.1

 OTU_36708

Alphaproteobacteria

Pelagibacteraceae

100%

HQ675347.1

 OTU_39648

Alphaproteobacteria

Pelagibacter sp.

100%

LN850157

 OTU_30217

Alphaproteobacteria

Pelagibacteraceae

99%

JF488446.1

 OTU_817

Alphaproteobacteria

Uncultured Alphaproteobacteria

97%

JF488548.1

 OTU_18321

Alphaproteobacteria

Pelagibacteraceae

99%

HQ675689.1

 OTU_26273

Deltaproteobacteria

Uncultured Deltaproteobacteria; Sva0853

99%

U65908.1

 OTU_6835

Deltaproteobacteria

Uncultured Deltaproteobacteria; Sva0853

100%

HQ675271.1

 OTU_31137

SAR202

Unclassified Chloroflexi

  

 OTU_15929

AB16

Uncultured SAR406

96%

JF488613.1

 OTU_23515

Synechococcophycideae

Prochlorococcus

100%

CP007753.1

 OTU_23585

Synechococcophycideae

Synechococcus sp.

100%

JF306716.1