Table 3.

Averaged number of reads (reads), taxa identified, and percentage of bacterial reads (%) classified to different taxonomic levels.

		Aquaculture (n = 29)	NW Spain (n = 41)	Morocco (n = 35)	Zooplankton (n = 4)
Phyla	Reads	81,955 ± 24,361	105,222 ± 34,435	89,882 ± 39,311	33,416 ± 18,229
	Taxa	19.59 ± 2.75	21.27 ± 2.55	20.80 ± 2.68	13.00 ± 1.63
	%	0.94 ± 0.05	0.98 ± 0.02	0.98 ± 0.01	0.99 ± 0.01
Class	Reads	79,347 ± 23,431	103,067 ± 33,631	88,147 ± 38,445	33,168 ± 18,095
	Taxa	33.79 ± 5.54	38.83 ± 5.24	38.26 ± 5.52	22.50 ± 2.08
	%	0.91 ± 0.05	0.96 ± 0.02	0.96 ± 0.02	0.98 ± 0.02
Order	Reads	78,192 ± 22,934	101,067 ± 32,824	86,875 ± 37,925	32,863 ± 17,802
	Taxa	72.17 ± 9.28	80.07 ± 10.29	79.20 ± 10.27	47.00 ± 4.90
	%	0.90 ± 0.05	0.94 ± 0.03	0.95 ± 0.03	0.98 ± 0.02
Family	Reads	76,090 ± 21,554	96,912 ± 31,615	84,180 ± 36,497	32,579 ± 17,776
	Taxa	154.86 ± 22.10	175.80 ± 27.26	174.46 ± 23.97	95.75 ± 14.17
	%	0.88 ± 0.05	0.91 ± 0.08	0.92 ± 0.04	0.97 ± 0.01
Genus	Reads	73,179 ± 19,904	89,748 ± 29,847	75,834 ± 33,424	31,912 ± 17,389
	Taxa	305.07 ± 72.02	390.61 ± 88.86	397.86 ± 72.89	162.75 ± 32.87
	%	0.85 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.08	0.82 ± 0.05	0.94 ± 0.01
Species	Reads	56,371 ± 16,415	58,778 ± 20,451	50,194 ± 21,556	20,296 ± 12,262
	Taxa	394.10 ± 141.04	583.80 ± 163.95	579.43 ± 151.08	267.25 ± 71.08
	%	0.66 ± 0.10	0.55 ± 0.07	0.55 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.12