Table 1.

Permutation T-test results of differential abundances of the core microbiome between the gut microbial communities of three cryptic species and their juveniles.

Taxonomy (genus level)	ID	AD1 – AD2	AD1 – AD3	AD2 – AD3	AD1 – JV1	AD2 – JV2	JV1 – JV2
Actinomycetales_unclassified	Otu002	0.006b	0.344	0.026b	0.004a	0.014b	0.572
Bacillus	Otu017	0.01a	0.176	0.072	0.372	0.302	0.012 a
Sphingomonadaceae_unclassified	Otu045	0.368	0.868	0.452	0.008 b	0.222	0.018 a
Microbacterium	Otu051	0.006a	0.012 a	0.088	0.014 b	0.032 b	0.47
Rubrobacter	Otu092	0.05a	0.008 a	0.934	0.002 a	0.692	0.052
Psychrobacter	Otu105	0.006 a	0.006 a	0.634	0.002 a	0.022 a	0.374
Synechococcus	Otu209	0.004 b	0.316	0.03 a	0.006 b	0.024 a	0.014 a
Aeribacillus	Otu316	0.006 a	0.006 a	0.2	0.002 a	0.738	0.5
Rhizobiales_unclassified	Otu003	0.042 b	0.57	0.256	0.006 b	0.042 b	0.216
Gammaproteobacteria_unclassified	Otu004	0.032 b	0.06	0.25	0.302	0.07	0.216
Rhodobacteraceae_unclassified	Otu005	0.032 b	0.964	0.12	0.004 b	0.604	0.07
Proteobacteria_unclassified	Otu006	0.062	0.82	0.712	0.024 a	0.426	0.02 a
Hyphomicrobium	Otu030	0.082	0.518	0.078	0.006 b	0.638	0.31
Deinococcus	Otu042	0.016 a	0.404	0.146	0.002 a	0.786	0.24
Comamonadaceae_unclassified	Otu054	0.06	0.076	0.22	0.026 b	0.03 b	0.014 a
Sphingomonas	Otu077	0.276	0.382	0.71	0.002 a	0.274	0.268
Acinetobacter	Otu093	0.092	0.638	0.348	0.004 a	0.678	0.28
Thermus	Otu337	0.958	0.734	0.96	0.002 a	0.072	0.376
Brachymonas	Otu441	0.008 a	0.01 a	0.528	0.006 a	0.54	0.068
Ralstonia	Otu496	0.004 a	0.014 a	0.234	0.002 a	0.596	0.978
Propionibacterium	Otu505	0.176	0.01 a	0.882	0.002 a	0.568	0.194
Cupriavidus	Otu548	0.022 a	0.184	0.142	0.002 a	0.188	0.896
Bradyrhizobium	Otu802	0.012 a	0.006 a	0.992	0.472	0.32	0.136
Methylobacterium	Otu130	0.43	0.158	0.916	0.024a	0.806	0.07
02d06	Otu207	0.554	0.72	0.616	0.004b	0.006 b	0.268
Anoxybacillus	Otu498	0.044 a	0.186	0.288	0.018a	0.732	0.642
Brevinemataceae_unclassified	Otu499	0.038 a	0.01 b	0.022 b	0.006a	0.218	0.82
Meiothermus	Otu554	0.128	0.104	0.97	0.012a	0.764	0.434
Enhydrobacter	Otu689	0.766	0.02a	0.952	0.016a	0.02 b	0.472
Bacteria_unclassified	Otu001	0.004b	0.01b	0.264	0.002b	0.238	0.578
Alphaproteobacteria_unclassified	Otu011	0.012b	0.438	0.086	0.004b	0.746	0.222
Microbacteriaceae_unclassified	Otu046	0.044a	0.012a	0.728	0.214	0.386	0.364
Pseudomonas	Otu115	0.004a	0.004a	0.14	0.002a	0.048 b	0.7
Geobacillus	Otu160	0.354	0.292	0.924	0.002a	0.218	0.22
Thermoanaerobacterium	Otu454	0.032a	0.962	0.05 b	0.03a	0.932	0.762
Total significantly different OTUs		22	13	4	31	9	5

AD1, NWP1 adult; AD2, NWP2 adult; AD3, NWP3 adult; JV1, NWP1 juvenile; JV2, NWP2 juvenile. NWP1, NWP2 and NWP3 are three cryptic species of the grey mullet M. cephalus in the Taiwan Strait.

^aThe former; or ^bthe latter component of the comparison was significantly higher.

Statistically significant values are presented in bold.