| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
| 1 | Event label | Event | | | | |
| 2 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | | | Geocode |
| 3 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | | | |
| 4 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | | | |
| 5 | Habitat | Habitat | | Knittel, Katrin | | |
| 6 | Number of clones | Clones | # | Knittel, Katrin | | Archaea |
| 7 | Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-2-a-2b, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | ANME-2-a-2b clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 8 | Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-2c, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | ANME-2c clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 9 | Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-3, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | ANME-3 clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 10 | ANT06-05 archaea, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | ANT06-05 clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 11 | CCA47 archaea, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | CCA47 clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 12 | CCA47 archaea, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | CCA47 clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 13 | Deep Sea Euryarchaeal Group, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | DSEG clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 14 | Marine Benthic Group A, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MBG A clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 15 | Marine Benthic Group B, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MBG B clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 16 | Marine Benthic Group B, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MBG B clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 17 | Marine Benthic Group D, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MBG D clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 18 | Marine Benthic Group E, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MBG E clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 19 | Marine group I, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MG I clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 20 | Methanimicrococcus, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Methanimicrococcus clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 21 | Methanococcoides, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Methanococcoides clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 22 | Methanosalsum, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Methanosalsum clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 23 | Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | MCG clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 24 | Thermoplasmatales, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Thermoplasmatales clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime | |
| 25 | Number of clones | Clones | # | Knittel, Katrin | | Bacteria |
| 26 | Acidobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Acidobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 27 | Actinobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Actinobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 28 | alpha-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | a-Proteobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 29 | Bacteria, unaffiliated, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Bacteria unaffiliated clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 30 | Bacteroidetes, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Bacteroidetes clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 31 | beta-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | b-Proteobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 32 | Chloroflexi, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Chloroflexi clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 33 | Delta-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Delta-Proteobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 34 | Epsilon-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Epsilon-Proteobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 35 | Fibrobacteres, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Fibrobacteres clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 36 | Gammaproteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Gamma-Proteobacteria clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 37 | Nitrospira, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Nitrospira clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |
| 38 | Planctomycetes, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency | Planctomycetes clone freq | % | Knittel, Katrin | PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993) | |