This data set is associated with PI Douglas Bartlett (NSF OCE-1536776) and Schmidt Ocean Institute R/V Falkor cruise FK141215. The cruise occurred December 15-21, 2014 in the Challenger Deep within the territorial waters of the Federated States of Micronesia. During this cruise the Leggo lander was deployed multiple times and drops 1 and 3 recovered seawater samples that were analyzed. Additional details can be found at: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/expanding-mariana-trench-perspectives/ and https://scripps.ucsd.edu/labs/dbartlett/contact/challenger-deep-cruise-2014/
Leggo Lander Drop 1:
Time (in Guam) deployed/recovered: December 16, 9:00/19:26.
Position at deployment: 11° 21.9836 N 142° 25.9533 E, middle section of the Challenger Deep.
Greatest depth of dive: approximately ~10,900 m.
In situ temperature on seafloor: 2.6°C.
Notes: This drop recovered seawater samples from about a meter off the seafloor. This included a 3 L Niskin bottle of seawater and ~ 150 mls of seawater collected in a pressure-retaining seawater sampler. The PRS sampler held more than 81% of the in situ pressure.
PRS data:
The culture independent identification of the bacteria present in the pressure-retaining seawater (PRS) sampler deployed during Leggo drop 1. This involved cell sorting, multiple displacement amplification, and 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing. More complete details are described in:
Leon-Zayas, R., Novotny, M., Podell, S., Shepard, C. M., Berkenpas, E., Nikolenko, S., Pevzner, P., Lasken, R. S. and Bartlett, D. H. 2015. Single cells within the Puerto Rico Trench suggest hadal adaptation of microbial lineages. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81: 8265-8276. doi:10.1128/AEM.01659-15
Colony Identification:
Data from the identification of bacteria cultured from the Leggo drop 1 and 3 Niskin bottles are available as a supplemental file (.txt). These identifications were performed using standard methods associated with PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene followed by dideoxy sequencing at Retrogen Inc.