Table 2 The number of OTUs in the most abundant taxonomic groups identified from the DWDSs
From: Active eukaryotes in drinking water distribution systems of ground and surface waterworks
Kingdom | Subkingdom/Phyla/Clade | Number of OTUs |
|---|---|---|
Metazoa | Arthropoda (mainly Copepoda, small crustaceans, i.e., copepods) | 48 |
Gastrotricha (i.e., hairy back worms) | 13 | |
Nematoda (roundworms, i.e., nematodes) | 63 | |
Rotifera (wheel animalcules, i.e., rotifers) | 35 | |
Platyhelminthes (flatworms, i.e., platyhelminths) | 12 | |
Fungi | Ascomycota | 66 |
Basidiomycota | 68 | |
Cryptomycota | 53 | |
Chloroplastida | Charophyta, including land plants Embryophyta | 68 |
Chlorophyta, including green algae Trebouxiphyceae | 36 | |
Amoebozoa | Discosea | 24 |
Tubulinea | 22 | |
LEMD255 | 7 | |
LKM74 | 12 | |
Alveolata | Ciliophora, containing hair-like cilia, i.e., ciliates | 225 |
Dinoflagellata, phytoplankton, i.e., dinoflagellates | 42 | |
Protalveolata | 17 | |
Stramenopiles | Ochrophyta, golden-brown algae | 174 |
Peronosporomycetes, water mould, i.e., oomycota | 19 | |
Rhizaria | Cercozoa, single cell flagellates | 127 |