Table 3.
ASV abundances/number of reads for C. labyrinthuloides and unidentified Chlamydomyxa sp. sequences based on eDNA analysis, by 2018 month of sampling (Mat = microbialite; Fluff = EPS + unconsolidated materials overlying microbialite).
| Spring | Summer | Autumn | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | July | October | ||||||||||
| Taxa | Mat 1 | Mat 2 | Mat 3 | Mat 6 | Mat 7 | Mat 5 | Mat 7 | Mat 6 | Mat 5 | Fluff 1 | Fluff 2 | Fluff 3 |
| C. labyrinthuloides (KF443035.1.1713) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. labyrinthuloides (KF443035.1.1713) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. labyrinthuloides (KF443035.1.1713) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chlamydomyxa (unidentified sp.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sequences were absent from October’s two water samples and three off-platform sediment samples (not tabulated).