TABLE 1 .
List of core MED nodes of SSU rRNA gene sequences with taxonomic affiliations and description of environment where the most similar sequences were recovered
| MED | Taxonomic affiliation | Environment of most similar sequences (GenBank identifier) |
|---|---|---|
| 6786 | Corynebacterium | Bottlenose dolphin forestomach (JQ192966) |
| 6836 | Corynebacterium | Horse uterus (CP011546) |
| 857 | “Candidatus Actinomarina” | Seawater next to bottlenose dolphin (JQ195517) |
| 8466 | Zimmermannella | Human skin (GQ043066) |
| 678 | Leucobacter | Bottlenose dolphin blowhole (FJ959933) |
| 680 | Bacteroidetes VC2.1 Bac22 | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ210604) |
| 7942 | Tenacibaculum | Bottlenose dolphin blowhole (FJ959464) |
| 5795 | Porphyromonas | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (KC259428) and humpback whale skin (GU202009) |
| 8352 | Guggenheimella | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ208689) |
| 8398 | Helcococcus | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (FJ959814) |
| 5986 | Helcococcus | Sea lion rectum (JQ208548) |
| 8097 | Dielma | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ209430) |
| 1312 | Cardiobacteriaceae | Bottlenose dolphin blowhole (FJ960054) |
| 6327 | Cardiobacteriaceae | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (KC260696) |
| 6423 | Oceanospirillaceae | Bottlenose dolphin forestomach (JQ194233) and blowhole (FJ959835) |
| 6459 | Oceanospirillaceae | Bottlenose dolphin forestomach (JQ193528) and blowhole (FJ959835) |
| 9495 | Moraxella | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ216648) |
| 2426 | Psychrobacter | Bottlenose dolphin blowhole (FJ960065) and mouth (KC260479) |
| 7254 | Moraxella | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ216648) |
| 7186 | Moraxella | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ216648) |
| 7188 | Moraxella | Bottlenose dolphin mouth (JQ216648) |
| 9687 | Rhodovulum | Sub-Antarctic seawater (AY697867) |
| 9388 | SAR11, Surface 1 clade | Gulf of Mexico seawater (KU578707) |
| 3986 | Arcobacter | Bottlenose dolphin blowhole (FJ959747) and forestomach (JQ194125) |
| 7357 | Oceanivirga | Bottlenose dolphin forestomach (JQ193505) and mouth (KC260320) |