1 Table of Contents: “... -- Archaea in Mediterranean Sea cold seep sediments and brine pools -- The microbial communities of the East...”

2 “... is found in prokaryotes from the most deeply rooted branches of the phylogenetic tree in both the Archaea...”

3 “..., and the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria/archaea that are inextricably associated with respective types of TAIGAs which...”