Table 2.

Raw 16S rRNA reads detected for three known pathogens in the triplicate egg samples collected from mats in each of three tanks in the ballan wrasse hatchery before disinfection (Day 0) and after disinfection and incubation (Day 5)

Pathogen	Day 0										Day 5
	Tank 1			Tank 2			Tank 3			Total	Tank 1				Tank 2			Tank 3			Total
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3	1	2	3
Aeromonas salmonicida	1	1	0	4	2	4	0	1	2	15	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Aliivibrio salmonicida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vibrio splendidus	1	10	1	8	24	9	7	5	2	67	0	0	0		33	56	28	4	2	11	134

No reads for these pathogens were detected in the buffers-only control