Table T2. Rock samples incubated for enrichment cultures and prepared for DNA analysis and electron microscope studies and microspheres evaluated for contamination studies.
| Core | Depth (mbsf) |
Sample
type
|
Enrichment cultures | DNA analysis | SEM/TEM samples |
Microspheres* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anaerobic
|
Aerobic
|
High
pressure |
Wash
|
Centrifuged
|
Fixed
|
Fixed
|
Air
dried |
Exterior
|
Interior
|
||||||
| 187-1162A- | |||||||||||||||
| 2R | 333.2-340.2 | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| 3R | 340.2-345.8 | Dolomite-cemented basalt breccia | 9 | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | Yes | X† | ||||
| 5R | 355.2-364.6 | Dolomite-cemented basalt breccia | 9 | 3 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| 187-1162B- | |||||||||||||||
| 2R | 348.4-355.0 | Dolomite-cemented basalt breccia | 7 | 3 | X | X | X | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| 6R | 369.2-374.2 | Dolomite-cemented basalt breccia | 7 | 3 | X | X | |||||||||
| 11R | 401.6-407.3 | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Seawater | X | X | |||||||||||||
Notes: SEM = scanning electron microscope; TEM = transmission electron microscopy; * = contamination test; X = samples prepared on board; † = no thin sections were made to examine the interior of the rocks for microspheres. This table is also available in ASCII format.