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Number of 16S rRNA gene-based OTUs contributing to 50% of the average similarity per sponge species or water calculated by SIMPER analysis and by use of the inverse Simpson index as a proxy for alpha diversity. Error bars show standard deviations (n = 8; i.e., duplicates from 4 months).
