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Compositions of microbial communities associated with intertidal H. heliophila (a), subtidal H. heliophila (b), sediment (c), and seawater (d). Pie charts depict the relative abundances of archaeal and bacterial phyla, with Proteobacteria divided into five major classes. Asterisks denote taxa that exhibit significant differences between intertidal and subtidal H. heliophila sponges (see Fig. S3 in the supplemental material).
