Table 2.

Numbers of sequences and operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (97%) and diversity estimates of bacteria associated with different morphologic corals.

Index		No. of Seq	OTUs	ACE	Chao	Coverage	Shannon
Massive coral	M01	41680	766	794.87	836.04	0.998412	5.21
	M02	35444	1416	1500.66	1543.55	0.994396	5.81
	M03	31922	624	659.02	681.78	0.997869	4.68
	M04	39438	410	422.98	430.32	0.999059	1.91
	M05	39070	1277	1345.71	1361.36	0.995907	5.63
	M06	33930	729	758.92	760.36	0.997774	3.53
	M07	36843	965	1044.91	1056.97	0.996263	5.28
	M08	43063	639	659.84	669.75	0.998929	5.17
	M09	42064	1262	1320.19	1360.11	0.996746	5.88
	M10	33750	1274	1352.08	1389.64	0.994473	5.64
	M11	40612	568	581.87	587.50	0.999298	5.21
	M12	41705	1186	1410.66	1443.40	0.99196	5.71
	M13	31995	1090	1258.90	1274.29	0.992344	5.59
	M14	37203	544	557.94	569.38	0.999094	4.97
	M15	39468	955	1021.05	1038.38	0.996649	5.45
	M16	31134	492	539.49	547.86	0.997282	3.17
Branching coral	B01	30460	644	682.26	693.52	0.997745	4.81
	B02	34571	643	668.94	694.04	0.998468	4.89
	B03	35185	451	466.51	476.62	0.998879	3.85
	B04	40201	497	515.65	517.50	0.998926	3.50
	B05	34747	430	466.22	475.64	0.997978	2.28
	B06	31229	689	709.98	717.68	0.998239	4.58
	B07	39195	321	332.22	334.59	0.999414	3.82
	B08	44505	498	513.35	527.06	0.999273	4.52
	B09	35440	680	884.31	870.41	0.993343	2.77