Metagenomic investigation of vestimentiferan tubeworm endosymbionts from Mid-Cayman Rise reveals new insights into metabolism and diversity

Table 1 Summary of the vestimentiferan specimens processed in this study for microscopy, phylogeny, and metagenomics

Species	Specimen ID	Cruise Sample Code	16S rRNA gene haplotype	ITS haplotype	MCR MAG
Escarpia sp.	195	J2-616-25	3	60 bp
	197^a	J2-616-25	2	60 bp	2
	199^a	J2-616-25	1		1
	200	J2-616-25	NA
	689	J2-621-12	1
Lamellibrachia sp2.	192	J2-616-25	NA
	193	J2-616-25	NA	NA’
	387^a	J2-617-38	1		1
	389^a	J2-617-38	1		1
	391	J2-617-38	4

NA not analyzed due to short sequence (< 700 bp), NA’ not analyzed due to lack of amplification
^aSpecimen used for metagenomic analysis

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