Table 1. Similarities percentage (SIMPER) analysis of 16S rRNA gene clone libraries from jellyfish samples collected at the time of population peak and at the end of the bloom in the Gulf of Trieste.
| Group May | ||||||
| Average similarity: 37,85 | ||||||
| Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Sim/SD | Contrib% | Cum.% | |
| Rhodobacteraceae | 11.67 | 57.05 | 9.76 | 86.57 | 86.57 | |
| Comamonadaceae | 0.67 | 1.9 | 0.58 | 2.89 | 89.46 | |
| Alteromonadaceae | 1 | 1.9 | 0.58 | 2.89 | 92.35 | |
| Group June | ||||||
| Average similarity: 73,40 | ||||||
| Species | Av.Abund | Av.Sim | Sim/SD | Contrib% | Cum.% | |
| Rhodobacteraceae | 10 | 32.55 | 2.15 | 44.34 | 44.34 | |
| Vibrionaceae | 4.67 | 19.81 | 5.99 | 26.99 | 71.34 | |
| Alteromonadaceae | 3.67 | 13.7 | 12.56 | 18.66 | 90 | |
| Pseudoalteromonadaceae | 1.67 | 5.95 | 2.89 | 8.11 | 98.11 | |
| Groups May & June | ||||||
| Average dissimilarity = 53,98 | ||||||
| Species | Group May Av.Abund | Group June Av.Abund | Av.Diss | Diss/SD | Contrib% | Cum.% |
| Vibrionaceae | 1 | 4.67 | 9.01 | 2.83 | 22.63 | 22.63 |
| Rhodobacteraceae | 11.67 | 10 | 7.19 | 0.89 | 18.07 | 40.7 |
| Alteromonadaceae | 1 | 3.67 | 6.16 | 2.4 | 15.48 | 56.18 |
| Pseudoalteromonadaceae | 1 | 1.67 | 3.74 | 2.93 | 9.4 | 65.58 |
| Burkholderiaceae | 1.67 | 0.33 | 3.44 | 1 | 8.64 | 74.22 |
| Xanthomonadaceae | 1 | 0.33 | 2.17 | 1.16 | 5.45 | 79.67 |
| Pseudomonadaceae | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.79 | 1 | 4.5 | 84.17 |
| Comamonadaceae | 0.67 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.32 | 4.27 | 88.44 |
| Hyphomicrobiaceae | 0.67 | 0 | 1.68 | 0.66 | 4.21 | 92.65 |