FIG 2.

Analysis of the microbial community of Aurelia aurita. (A) ASV abundance based on the V1-V2 region of the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterial communities derived from native polyps, the inoculum used for recolonization, obtained microbiota from recolonized sterile polyps, and a control of the inoculum incubated in ASW are presented at the genus level and normalized by the total number of reads per sample. Bar plots represent averages of six replicates per treatment. The threshold for the represented taxa is >1% relative abundance; consequently, taxa with a mean relative abundance of <1% across all samples are collectively reported as “Others.” In the electronic version, a scroll over the colored box and a right mouse click will show the genus. (B) Box plot of α-diversity (Shannon index). Significance of comparisons is shown: *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01.