Table 4.
Fatty acid composition of six sponge species (SP1–SP6, see Table 1), one crustose coralline alga (CCA) and mucus (MU) from two coral species (see Table 2), all collected from reef site B1
| SP1 | SP2 | SP3 | SP4 | SP5 | SP6 | CCA | MU1 | MU2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i14:0a | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.7 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 14:0 | 6.6 (0.55) | 2.6 (0.05) | 2.3 (0.08) | 3.6 (0.40) | 3.8 (0.55) | 9.1 (0.24) | 3.5 (0.10) | 5.3 (0.21) | 2.6 (0.05) |
| ai15:0a | 0.6 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 2.6 (0.02) | 0.5 (0.27) | 0.1 (0.07) | 0.3 (0.06) | 0.04 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| i15:0a | 5.3 (0.24) | 0.3 (0.06) | 9.8 (0.05) | 5.4 (0.25) | 0.8 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.16) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (1.90) | 4.2 (0.08) |
| 15:0 | 1.2 (0.11) | 0.5 (0.01) | 1.1 (0.07) | 1.4 (0.07) | 1.7 (0.15) | 7.5 (0.23) | 0.3 (0.07) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| i16:0a | 0.6 (0.08) | 0.4 (0.02) | 1.3 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.20) | 0.7 (0.05) | 1.9 (0.05) | 0.3 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 10Me-16:0a | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (0.07) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 16:2ω6 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.51 (0.03) |
| 16:2ω4 | 0 (0) | 0.2 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (0.00) | 0.1 (0.09) | 0.04 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 16:1ω5c | 0 (0) | 0.7 (0.03) | 0.9 (0.03) | 0.4 (0.18) | 0.6 (0.03) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 16:1ω7ca | 3.3 (0.16) | 1.6 (0.02) | 12.6 (0.03) | 4.0 (0.11) | 4.2 (0.16) | 2.1 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.06) | 3.9 (0.50) | 0.6 (0.04) |
| 16:1ω7ta | 0 (0) | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.79 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.07) | 0.3 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 16:0 | 17.1 (1.73) | 13.2 (0.27) | 18.4 (0.19) | 20.5 (0.39) | 12.1 (0.62) | 19.6 (0.52) | 40.7 (0.21) | 30.8 (0.84) | 27.8 (0.66) |
| 10Me-17:0a | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.8 (0.15) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 17:1ω7c | 0.9 (0.66) | 0.1 (0.00) | 1.9 (0.10) | 8.5 (0.42) | 0.5 (0.11) | 0.7 (0.22) | 0.4 (0.12) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 17:0 | 1.9 (0.08) | 0.5 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.49) | 2.6 (0.13) | 1.4 (0.00) | 0.5 (0.09) | 0.3 (0.00) | 0.5 (0.03) | 0 (0) |
| i18:0a | 0 (0) | 0.6 (0.05) | 0.3 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0.6 (0.09) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 18:5ω3 | 0.2 (0.22) | 1.1 (0.03) | 0.2 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 1.7 (0.23) | 0.1 (0.05) | 0.1 (0.00) | 1.5 (0.04) | 0 (0) |
| 18:5 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.1 (1.03) | 0 (0) |
| 18:3ω6 | 0.6 (0.56) | 0.3 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4.1 (0.31) | 0 (0) |
| 18:3ω3 | 0.5 (0.25) | 0.1 (0.07) | 0 (0) | 0.8 (0.21) | 0.3 (0.26) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 18:2ω6c | 1.8 (0.12) | 0.8 (0.07) | 0.3 (0.02) | 2.2 (0.09) | 0.6 (0.30) | 0.9 (0.06) | 0.8 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.20) | 0.8 (0.05) |
| 18:1ω7c | 5.7 (0.12) | 9.7 (0.06) | 3.3 (0.10) | 5.5 (0.04) | 6.6 (0.15) | 2.0 (0.06) | 4.5 (0.05) | 8.1 (0.33) | 0.7 (0.03) |
| 18:1ω9c | 2.5 (0.50) | 1.9 (0.06) | 1.9 (0.11) | 4.2 (0.14) | 1.4 (0.26) | 2.0 (0.08) | 11.2 (0.10) | 9.1 (0.32) | 7.3 (0.12) |
| 18:0 | 9.4 (0.25) | 4.0 (1.61) | 9.7 (0.23) | 10.2 (0.29) | 5.6 (0.46) | 11.5 (0.06) | 3.0 (0.02) | 15.5 (0.34) | 25.4 (0.74) |
| i20:0a | 0.2 (0.20) | 0.8 (0.01) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.1 (0.14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20:5ω3 | 4.5 (0.26) | 6.3 (0.24) | 3.4 (0.01) | 3.0 (0.25) | 5.0 (0.36) | 11.7 (0.26) | 0.1 (0.05) | 11.0 (0.15) | 4.4 (0.44) |
| 20:4ω3 | 0 (0) | 0.10 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (0.08) | 0.7 (0.35) | 0.3 (0.30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20:4ω6 | 10.6 (0.68) | 11.1 (0.24) | 9.1 (0.25) | 8.1 (0.11) | 10.7 (0.48) | 15.2 (0.27) | 32.2 (0.75) | 0 (0) | 15.0 (0.34) |
| 20:3ω6 | 0.7 (0.13) | 0.7 (0.12) | 0.5 (0.06) | 0.6 (0.08) | 0.5 (0.03) | 0.5 (0.05) | 0.4 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20:3ω3 | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.07) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.12) | 0.3 (0.13) | 0.1 (0.13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Phytanic acid | 15.5 (1.34) | 2.9 (0.13) | 13.4 (0.26) | 8.3 (0.29) | 1.8 (0.30) | 1.3 (0.19) | 0.2 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20:1ω9c | 0.6 (0.39) | 0.2 (0.05) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (0.10) | 0.1 (0.05) | 0.2 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0.3 (0.28) |
| 20:2ω9 | 0.3 (0.15) | 0.3 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0.8 (0.02) | 0.9 (0.40) | 2.6 (0.04) | 0.1 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 20:0 | 0.9 (0.04) | 2.2 (0.06) | 0.8 (0.04) | 1.7 (0.05) | 3.5 (0.16) | 2.5 (0.03) | 0.3 (0.05) | 3.1 (0.14) | 6.4 (0.21) |
| 22:6ω3 | 1.0 (0.01) | 8.4 (0.14) | 0.1 (0.06) | 2.6 (0.27) | 3.6 (0.28) | 1.9 (0.02) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 22:5ω3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.09) | 2.8 (0.30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 22:4ω6 | 0.5 (0.06) | 1.9 (0.14) | 0 (0) | 0.6 (0.58) | 0.3 (0.12) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.9 (0.44) | 1.9 (0.14) |
| 22:1ω11 | 0.2 (0.20) | 0.1 (0.03) | 0.5 (0.06) | 0.1 (0.11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.03) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 22:1ω9c | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.0 (0.08) | 0.1 (0.07) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 22:0 | 1.9 (0.18) | 4.2 (0.25) | 0.7 (0.03) | 0.4 (0.19) | 18.1 (0.89) | 0.8 (0.20) | 0.2 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 2.2 (0.09) |
| 23:0 | 1.5 (0.17) | 2.1 (0.34) | 0.9 (0.05) | 0.1 (0.12) | 2.0 (0.14) | 0.1 (0.06) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 24:0 | 3.5 (0.31) | 20.3 (0.96) | 1.1 (0.10) | 0.6 (0.06) | 7.8 (0.32) | 1.8 (0.04) | 0.3 (0.05) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| % bact-spec | 6.6/9.9 | 2.2/3.8 | 16.2/28.7 | 6.3/10.3 | 3.7/7.8 | 3.4/5.5 | 0.3/0.8 | 3.8/7.7 | 4.2/4.8 |
Average % ± SE (n = 3)
aBacteria-specific FA and last row is average % bacteria specific FA (bact-spec) with/without inclusion of 16:1ω7c