Delineation of simple microecosystems associated with the quartz stone habitat in the Vestfold Hills

It is suggested that quartz stone subliths might constitute a 'refuge' for psychrophilic bacteria. The download file contains: 8 files: File 1. - Sample location data". Lists quartz stones collected for analysis, indicating site location, date of sampling, description of surrounding area and indicates whether or not soil immediately adjacent to the stone was collected.

File 2. - Gross colony diversity data quartz stone sublith". Indicates colony diversity (indicated by number of grossly different colony types on agar medium used). File 3. - Strain information quartz stone sublith isolates".

Lists strains isolates, including strain designation, stone sample origin, and basic cellular and colonial morphological characteristics. File 4. - Temperature/salinity response data". ". Lists responses of quartz stone sublith isolates to temperature and tolerance to salinity.

File 5. - Phenotypic data". Lists detailed phenotypic data for select quartz stone sublith isolates. File 6. - Cell population data quartz stone subliths and soil".

Indicates plate count estimates obtained after use of different media (salty, non-salty, dilute, non-dilute) as well as epifluoresecent direct count data for both quartz stone subliths and for immediately adjacent soil not covered by the stone. File 7. - Bacterial isolate 16S rRNA gene sequence data". " Sequence data for quartz stone sublith derived isolates. All sequences deposited on the GenBank (NCBI) nucleotide database.

All sequences are shown in the FASTA format. File 8. - Cloned 16S rRNA gene sequence data". Sequence data for cloned sequences obtained by direct PCR from quartz stone sublith biofilm .

All sequences deposited on the GenBank (NCBI) nucleotide database. All sequences are shown in the FASTA format.