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. 2014 Oct 17;9(4):894–908. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.188

Table 2. Relative abundance of OTUs affiliated with dominant phyla.

a. A. millepora Control High pCO2 a. C. singaporensis Control High pCO2 % of Total
Proteobacteria (% of Total) 83.5 68.8 Proteobacteria (% of Total) 23.3 10.8 0.1–0.5
Alphaproteobacteria 14.4 19.8 Alphaproteobacteria 2.8 2.3 0.6–1.0
  Caulobacteraceae 3.5 2.6   Pelagibacteraceae 0.3 0.2 1.1–2.5
  Rhodobacteraceae 2.4 2.9   unclassified 2.3 2.0 2.5–5.0
  Sphingomonadaceae 1.5 0.8 Deltaproteobacteria 3.6 1.3 5.1–7.5
  unclassified 3.7 6.9   Syntrophobacteraceae 0.9 0.4 7.6–10
Betaproteobacteria 2.2 4.4   Entotheonellaceae 2.6 0.8 10.1–25
  Comamonadaceae 1.4 3.4 Gammaproteobacteria 0.6 0.3 >25%
Gammaproteobacteria 66.2 43.2   HTCC2089 2.9 1.6  
  Hahellaceae 51.6 26.4   HTCC2188 0.5 0.4  
  Enterobacteriaceae 1.8 0.6   unclassified 11.2 5.2  
  Halomonadaceae 1.2 4.8  Cyanobacteria (% of Total) 35.0 70.1  
  Moraxellaceae 3.7 2.9   Synechococcaceae 35.0 70.0  
  Pseudoalteromonadaceae 1.5 0.5   unclassified 0.1 0.1  
  Pseudomonadaceae 2.7 3.1        
Actinobacteria 6.55 9.82 b. Cinachyra sp. Control High pCO2  
Bacteroidetes 2.72 5.72 Proteobacteria (% of Total) 39.6 31.8  
Cyanobacteria 2.05 4.19 Alphaproteobacteria 15.9 7.2  
Firmicutes 1.82 4.65   Rhodobacteraceae 6.6 2.8  
 unclassified 1.48 2.90   Rhodospirillaceae 0.4 0.2  
        Pelagibacteraceae 0.7 0.8  
b. P. cylindrica Control High pCO2   unclassified 6.5 3.5  
Proteobacteria (% of Total) 45.0 43.8  Deltaproteobacteria 0.5 0.2  
Alphaproteobacteria 13.1 20.7   unclassified 0.1 0.1  
  Rhodobacteraceae 1.6 4.1  Gammaproteobacteria 19.2 16.3  
  Rhodobiaceae 1.4 1.1   HTCC2089 1.3 2.6  
  unclassified 7.6 11.1   Piscirickettsiaceae 0.9 0.2  
Betaproteobacteria 0.4 1.8   OM60 0.3 0.2  
Deltaproteobacteria 0.5 1.3   Alteromonadaceae 0.3 0.1  
Gammaproteobacteria 29.9 16.1   Colwelliaceae 0.1 0.1  
  Alteromonadaceae 11.4 1.1   unclassified 15.2 12.5  
  Chromatiaceae 0.2 4.2 Cyanobacteria (% of Total) 14.7 30.0  
  Pseudoalteromonadaceae 8.1 0.7 Synechococcophycideae 9.9 25.8  
  Vibrionaceae 2.0 0.8   Synechococcaceae 7.2 25.7  
  unclassified 1.5 8.9   Pseudanabaenaceae 2.6 0.1  
 Bacteroidetes (% of Total) 13.3 12.8 Oscillatoriophycideae 0.6 0.4  
  Bacteroidia 0.3 0.4   Cyanobacteriaceae 0.0 0.2  
  Cytophagia 6.0 3.0   Phormidiaceae 0.0 0.1  
  Flavobacteriia 1.3 7.0   unclassified 0.3 0.1  
  Saprospirae 1.9 0.2        
  unclassified 3.0 2.0 c. S. massa Control High pCO2  
Actinobacteria 2.22 7.18 Proteobacteria (% of Total) 46.7 38.8  
Cyanobacteria 2.47 6.64 Alphaproteobacteria 16.0 15.3  
Planctomycetes 3.70 5.39   Pelagibacteraceae 12.7 10.6  
Chloroflexi 0.76 3.02   Rhodobacteraceae 2.6 4.2  
 unclassified 3.00 2.00   AEGEAN_112 0.3 0.2  
        unclassified 0.1 0.1  
      Deltaproteobacteria 6.3 2.0  
        unclassified 6.2 1.9  
      Gammaproteobacteria 23.1 20.7  
        Halomonadaceae 1.8 3.6  
        unclassified 20.5 16.5  
      Cyanobacteria (% of Total) 33.9 40.5  
      Synechococcophycideae 31.4 38.0  
        Synechococcaceae 31.4 37.9  
      Bacteroidetes (% of Total) 8.2 10.0  
      Cytophagia 1.6 2.3  
        Flammeovirgaceae 1.6 2.3  
      Flavobacteriia 2.9 3.5  

Abbreviation: OTUs, operational taxonomic units.