Table 1 Description of site and isolates collected, including isolation success and genes sequenced from each site
| Â | Site | Region | Origin | Date Collected | No. cells isolated (survived) | ITS1 sequences (#) | 18S and 28S Sequences (#) | Lineage 1 | Lineage 2 | Lineage 3 | Physiology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a.) | 1 | North Pacific | Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada 51.75°N, 131°W | 5/17/2007 | 21 (18) | 10 |  | 3 | 6 | 1 |  |
2 | North Pacific | Vancouver Island (A), Canada 49.65°N, 127.44°W | 5/13/2007 | 48 (41) | 10 | 1 | 10 |  |  | 1 | |
3 | North Pacific | Vancouver Island (B). Canada 48.87°N, 125.89°W | 5/13/2007 | 32 (30) | 10 | 1 | 10 |  |  | 1 | |
4 | North Pacific | Puget Sound, USA 47.74°N, 122.42°W | 5/12/2007 | 56 (56) | 10 | 1 |  | 10 |  |  | |
5 | North Pacific | La Jolla, USA 32.85°N, 117.25°W (CCMP1018) | 1968 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | |
6 | North Pacific | Seto Inland Sea, Japan 34.16°N, 133.33°E | 2/2007 | NA | 5 | 1 |  |  | 5 | 1 | |
|  | 7 | North Atlantic | Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory, USA 41.45°N, 70.56°W | 11/3/2008 | 17 (15) | 10 |  |  |  | 10 |  |
8 | North Atlantic | Narragansett Bay, URI 41.53°N, 71.38°W | 10/10/2008 | 24 (24) | 10 |  |  |  | 10 |  | |
| Â | 1/8/2009 | 24 (21) | 10 | 1 | Â | Â | 10 | Â | |||
| Â | Â | Â | 2/9/2009 | 48 (45) | 10 | Â | Â | Â | 10 | Â | |
| Â | Â | Â | 6/26/2009 | 4 (2) | 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
9 | North Atlantic | Oban, Scotland 56.57°N, 5.43°W (CCAP1085_20) | 2008 | NA | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  | |
|  | 10 | Mediterranean Sea | Gulf of Naples, Italy 40.95°N, 14.25°E (CCAP1085_21) | 2008 | NA | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 |
11 | Mediterranean Sea | Gulf of Naples, Italy 40.49°N, 14.15°E (CCMP1647) | 11/12/2008 | NA | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  | |
12 | Mediterranean Sea | Gulf of Naples, Italy 40.75°N, 14.33°E (CCMP3264) | 1993 | NA | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | |
b.) | 13 | North Atlantic | Iceland 60.92472°N, 27.005833° | 5/22/2008 | 48 (29) | 10 | 3 |  |  |  |  |
|  | 14 | North Atlantic | Tromso, Norway 69.66°N, 18.96°E (CCMP986, 987) | 8/1/1978 | NA | 2 | 1 |  |  |  |  |
|  | 15 | Southern Ocean | McMurdo Sound77.83°S 163.00°E, Antarctica (CCMP1463, CCMP1462) | 2/1/1991 | NA | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |  |