Table 2 Relative abundance of Archaea in pretreated and un-pretreated sludge bioreactors at day 30 and 40
Archaeal taxonomic affiliation | Percentage of all Archaeal reads | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(phylum/ family/ genus/ species) | UP30 | UP40 | P30 |
Euryarchaeota | 97.60% | 95.60% | 94.86% |
 Methanosarcinaceae | 23.11% | 20.56% | 19.14% |
  Methanosarcina | 15.10% | 13.32% | 12.10% |
 Methanobacteriaceae | 20.81% | 18.61% | 21.44% |
  Methanothermobacter | 10.73% | 9.41% | 10.91% |
  Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus | 9.50% | 8.59% | 9.94% |
 Methanosaetaceae | 14.00% | 11.03% | 9.19% |
  Methanosaeta | 13.13% | 10.31% | 8.56% |
  Methanosaeta thermophila | 14.48% | 12.36% | 10.25% |
Crenarchaeota | 2.33% | 3.61% | 4.40% |
Korarchaeota | 0.00% | 0.45% | 0.37% |
Thaumarchaeota | 0.05% | 0.27% | 0.37% |
Nanoarchaeota | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.00% |