Table 1. Classification of the 10 most abundant phyla for the three sampling depths and microhabitats associated with Lissoclinum patella.
| Deep | Intermediate | Shallow | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | |||||
| Cyanobacteria | 80.19±24.14 | Cyanobacteria | 61.55±42.3 | Proteobacteria | 42.25±8.24 |
| Proteobacteria | 9.75±11.28 | Proteobacteria | 31.12±33.8 | Bacteroidetes | 35.36±3.30 |
| Bacteroidetes | 5.07±5.45 | Bacteroidetes | 4.34±5.04 | Cyanobacteria | 20.53±11.0 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 4.08±6.30 | Fusobacteria | 1.66±2.07 | Verrucomicrobia | 1.22±1.61 |
| Fusobacteria | 0.32±0.46 | Verrucomicrobia | 0.77±0.85 | OP8 | 0.15±0.13 |
| GN02 | 0.16±0.23 | GN02 | 0.33±0.39 | Actinobacteria | 0.10±0.06 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.08±0.14 | Firmicutes | 0.11±0.09 | Planctomycetes | 0.09±0.14 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.07±0.08 | Planctomycetes | 0.03±0.01 | Firmicutes | 0.08±0.06 |
| Firmicutes | 0.06±0.07 | OP8 | 0.01±0.02 | ZB2 | 0.05±0.09 |
| Acidobacteria | 0.03±0.03 | ZB2 | 0.01±0.02 | Fusobacteria | 0.05±0.08 |
| Cloacal cavity | |||||
| Cyanobacteria | 89.89±3.85 | Cyanobacteria | 67.94±18.8 | Cyanobacteria | 80.92±2.39 |
| Proteobacteria | 7.63±2.84 | Proteobacteria | 24.96±11.7 | Proteobacteria | 12.55±3.86 |
| Bacteroidetes | 0.81±0.21 | Fusobacteria | 4.83±1.24 | OP8 | 3.54±1.73 |
| OP8 | 0.75±0.53 | Bacteroidetes | 1.50±0.07 | Bacteroidetes | 1.38±0.08 |
| Fusobacteria | 0.43±0.62 | OP8 | 0.46±6.14 | Verrucomicrobia | 0.62±0.25 |
| Firmicutes | 0.21±0.23 | Firmicutes | 0.10±0.12 | Firmicutes | 0.60±0.78 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 0.14±0.06 | Actinobacteria | 0.09±0.05 | Actinobacteria | 0.29±0.36 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.08±0.07 | Verrucomicrobia | 0.05±0.05 | No blast hit | 0.03±0.02 |
| Lentisphaerae | 0.03±0.05 | Spirochaetes | 0.04±0.03 | Spirochaetes | 0.03±0.02 |
| Spirochaetes | 0.02±0.02 | Lentisphaerae | 0.01±0.02 | GN02 | 0.01±0.01 |
| Underside | |||||
| Cyanobacteria | 46.90±8.00 | Proteobacteria | 45.02±11.4 | Cyanobacteria | 58.53±2.01 |
| Proteobacteria | 24.75±5.90 | Cyanobacteria | 27.00±7.58 | Proteobacteria | 20.65±0.73 |
| Bacteroidetes | 16.36±4.74 | Bacteroidetes | 19.35±1.43 | Bacteroidetes | 12.77±3.07 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 6.29±3.30 | Verrucomicrobia | 3.30±0.27 | Verrucomicrobia | 4.10±0.97 |
| Chloroflexi | 1.94±0.41 | Actinobacteria | 1.63±1.22 | Chloroflexi | 0.97±0.20 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.89±0.19 | Acidobacteria | 0.84±0.49 | Actinobacteria | 0.71±0.24 |
| Acidobacteria | 0.87±0.39 | Chloroflexi | 0.79±0.56 | Planctomycetes | 0.67±0.27 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.63±0.45 | Planctomycetes | 0.61±0.30 | Acidobacteria | 0.60±0.12 |
| SBR1093 | 0.20±0.23 | WS3 | 0.18±0.23 | ZB2 | 0.16±0.16 |
| WS3 | 0.18±0.14 | GN02 | 0.17±0.18 | WPS-2 | 0.13±0.02 |
Relative percentages of OTUs and their respective standard deviation from the mean are based on two (intermediate depth) or three (deep and shallow site) independent biological replicates. Chloroplast sequences were removed, whereas Archeal sequences were included in the analysis.