Keywords: Acidobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Actinobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; alpha-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-2-a-2b, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-2c, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea-3, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; ANT06-05 archaea, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Bacteria, unaffiliated, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Bacteroidetes, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; beta-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; CCA47 archaea, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Chloroflexi, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Deep Sea Euryarchaeal Group, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Delta-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; East of New Zealand, Omakere Ridge; East of New Zealand, Wairarapa Takahae; Epsilon-Proteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Event label; Fibrobacteres, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Gammaproteobacteria, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Habitat; Marine Benthic Group A, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Marine Benthic Group B, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Marine Benthic Group D, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Marine Benthic Group E, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Marine group I, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Methanimicrococcus, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Methanococcoides, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Methanosalsum, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Multicorer with television; NEW VENTS; Nitrospira, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; Number of clones; PCR using ARCH20Fb (Massana et al., 1997) and Uni1292R (Lane et al., 1985) prime; PCR using GM3/GM4 primer (Muyzer et al., 1993); Planctomycetes, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; SO191/2; SO191/2_045; SO191/2_078; SO191/3; SO191/3_309-2; SO191/3_315; Sonne; Thermoplasmatales, relative 16S rRNA clone frequency; TVMUC