TABLE 1.

Summary description of samples and sequence analysis

Sample	Color morphology	Shannon H′a	Pielou J′b	No. of OTUsc	No. of unique OTUs	No. of sequences analyzed
O1	Orange	2.989	0.4628	639	33	20,272
O2	Orange	3.284	0.5060	658	47	16,441
O3	Orange	2.905	0.4660	510	157	19,928
O4	Orange	2.615	0.4308	433	128	18,242
O5	Orange	3.545	0.5418	694	209	20,163
R1	Red	3.300	0.5475	415	36	14,443
R2	Red	3.409	0.5471	532	56	17,938
R3	Red	3.753	0.5753	681	99	12,893
R4	Red	3.357	0.5367	521	58	18,314
R5	Red	3.441	0.5502	520	51	14,393
Total
Orange				1,697	574	95,046
Red				1,172	300	77,981
Combined				2,320d	874	173,027

^aShannon's H′ values (log_e) range from 0 (no diversity) to 4.6 (maximum diversity).

^bPielou's J′ values range from 0 (no evenness) to 1 (maximum evenness).

^cOTUs were defined as having 97% similarity.

^dA total of 549 OTUs are shared between red and orange morphs.