Table 2 Total prokaryote, bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene copy abundance.

From: Microbial diversity in the hypersaline Lake Meyghan, Iran

Site

Total prokaryote 16S rRNA genes (106 copies mL−1)

Number and % of 16S rRNA gene copies per domain

Bacteria

%

Archaea

%

G

8.1

6.4 × 106

79

1.7 × 106

21

R

5.5

1.2 × 106

22

4.3 × 106

78

W

3.6

5.6 × 105

16

3.0 × 106

84