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. 2018 Nov 28;9:2606. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02606

Table 3.

Strongly interconnected taxa or hubs identify at family levels within TS-ENs of microbial mats.

Site Type of interaction Max in-degree (affected by n nodes) n Max out degree (affecting n nodes) n
A Consensus 1. Nannocystaceae (PG)(RB) 337 1. Polyangiaceae (PG)(RB) 345
2. Desulfarculaceae (C) (PG) (RB): Desulfarculus
3. Bacteroidaceae (C)(RB): Bacteroides
4. Caulobacteraceae (C)(RB): unclassified Caulobacteraceae
5. Bradyrhizobiaceae (C): Bosea, unclassified Bradyrhizobiaceae, Bradyrhizobium
6. Unclassified Oscillatoriophycideae (UC) (PG)(RB)
7. Rhodobacterales (UC)(PG)(RB) 8. Actinobacteria phylum 201174 (UC)(PG)(RB)

Positives 1. Unclassified Chloroflexi (RB) 275 1. Unclassified Armatimonadetes (UC)(PG)(RB) 263

Negatives 1. Unclassified Rhodobacterales (UC)(RB) 278 1. Pelobacteraceae (C)(RB)(PB): Pelobacter 275

B Consensus 1. Unclassified Xanthomonadales (UC)(RB)(PG) 318 1. Thermoactinomycetaceae (C)(RB)(PG): Thermoactinomyces 325
2. Beijerinckiaceae 2. Actinomycetaceae (C)(RB)(PG): Actinomyces
3. Burkholderiaceae (C): Burkholderia, unclassified Burkholderiaceae, Burkholderiales Genera incertae sedis unclassified, unclassified Burkholderiales 3. Alcaligenaceae (C) (RB): unclassified Alcaligenaceae
4. Phyllobacteriaceae (C)(PG): unclassified Phyllobacteriaceae 4. Gemmantimonadaceae
5. Gemmantimonadaceae

Positives 1. Staphylococcaceae (RB) 226 1. Fusobacteriaceae (RB) 246

Negatives 1. Phyllobacteriaceae (C): unclassified Phyllobacteriaceae 298 1. Cystobacterineae (UC)(RB) 289
2. Cloacimonetes (UC)(RB)

C Consensus 1. Unclassified Verrucomicrobia (UC)(RB) 2. Methylobacteriaceae (C) (PG):(unclassified Methylobacteriaceae, Methylobacterium) 335 1. Chromobacteriaceae (C)(RB)(PG): unclassified Chromobacteriaceae 343
2. Mycobacteriaceae (C)(RB):Mycobacterium
3. Symbiobacteriaceae (RB)

Positives 1. Unclassified Archaea (RB) 252 1. Micrococcales (UC)(RB)(PG) 223

Negatives 1. Rhizobiales (UC) 251 1. Bacteroidetes (UC)(RB) 222
2. Alteromonadaceae
3. Methylococcaceae (C)(RB): unclassified Methylococcaceae
4. Bacillales (UC)(RB)
5. Corynebacteriales (UC)(RB) 6. Beijerinckiaceae (RB)

Global (A+B+C) Consensus 1. Desulfarculaceae (C) (RB): Desulfarculus 391 1. Bacteroidales (UC)(RB) 393
2. Pelobacteraceae (C)(RB): Pelobacter 2. Microgenomates group (UC) (RB)
3. Gemmatimonadaceae 3. Nocardiaceae (C) (RB): Nocardia
4. Nitrospiraceae (RB)
5. Prolixibacteraceae (RB)

Positive 1. Moraxellaceae (RB) 349 1. Unclassified Eukaryota (UC) 352

Negatives 1. Phyllobacteriaceae (C): unclassified Phyllobacteriaceae 367 1. Desulfobacteraceae (C): Desulfatibacillum, Desulfatiglans, Desulfatirhabdium, Desulfatitalea, Desulfobacter, unclassified Desulfobacteraceae, unclassified Desulfobacterales 362

C, core microbial mat (presence in all samples regardless of environmental conditions and abundances). UC, unclassified sequences belonging to the microbial mat core. PG, taxa with known members delivering public goods (i.e., metabolites, enzymes, and vitamins). RB, rare biosphere <1% (0.01) abundances.