Table 6.
Mean relative abundance of the main bacterial OTUs identified in hybrid striped bass. Abundance is presented as a percentage (%) of the total number of analyzed reads per sample.
| OTUs | CON | BP-F1 | BP-E | BP-W | BP | p-Value | Closest Taxon (id%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proteobacteria | |||||||
| SD_McMs-00002 # | 1.03 ab | 30.28 a | 29.96 ab | 0.84 b | 4.82 a | 0.05 | Pl. shigelloides (99%) |
| SD_McMs-00003 | 0.18 | 27.22 | 2.44 | 16.41 | 0.21 | 0.09 | R. pickettii (99%) |
| SD_McMs-00004 | 0.23 | 13.54 | 1.90 | 11.97 | 0.18 | 0.29 | Sp. elodea (99%) |
| SD_McMs-00005 | 0.02 | 1.92 | 0.14 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 0.16 | R. pickettii (98%) |
| SD_McMs-00006 | 0.03 | 3.39 | 0.26 | 2.24 | 0.03 | 0.24 | R. pickettii (99%) |
| Firmicutes | |||||||
| SD_McMs-00001 # | 47.61 a | 4.29 abc | 1.15 c | 3.91 bc | 43.13 ab | 0.02 | Ps. russellii (91%) |
| SD_McMs-00007 # | 0.86 a | 1.35 ab | 43.47 b | 41.01 b | 1.59 ab | 0.02 | La. lactis (100%) |
| SD_McMs-00008 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.72 | 3.19 | 0.34 | 0.08 | La. lactis (96%) |
| SD_McMs-00009 # | 0.03 a | 0.10 ab | 2.25 b | 1.20 b | 0.10 ab | 0.02 | Le. citreum (100%) |
| SD_McMs-00010 # | 0.98 c | 0.05 a | 0.10 ac | 0.29 abc | 1.97 bc | 0.02 | St. dysgalactiae (100%) |
| SD_McMs-00011 # | 7.41 a | 0.86 ab | 0.11 b | 0.75 ab | 7.20 a | 0.02 | Ps. russellii (99%) |
| SD_McMs-00012 # | 3.99 a | 0.31 ab | 0.07 b | 0.27 ab | 3.98 a | 0.02 | Ps. russellii (91%) |
| SD_McMs-00013 # | 3.97 a | 0.28 b | 0.11 b | 0.37 ab | 3.30 ab | 0.02 | Pe. stercorisuis (89%) |
| SD_McMs-00014 # | 1.98 bc | 0.16 ac | 0.04 a | 0.17 ab | 2.32 b | 0.02 | Ps. russellii (94%) |
| SD_McMs-00015 # | 1.81 a | 0.17 ab | 0.04 b | 0.10 ab | 1.51 a | 0.02 | Ps. russellii (94%) |
| SD_McMs-00016 # | 0.02 c | 0.31 ab | 1.96 b | 0.72 ab | 0.04 ac | 0.03 | La. lactis (96%) |
| Bacteroidetes | |||||||
| SD_McMs-00017 | 1.18 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 1.42 | 0.06 | F. endometrii (99%) |
# OTUs showing a statistically significant difference by the Kruskal-Wallis sum rank test (p < 0.05). Different superscripts in the same row indicate that groups are significantly different by the Wilcoxon test for multiple pairwise comparisons. Please see Supplementary Table S4 for standard errors of the means and Supplementary Table S1 for a complete list of OTUs and their respective abundances. Abbreviations: F.: Falsiporphyromonas; La.: Lactococcus; Le.: Leuconostoc; Pe.: Peptoniphilus; Ps.: Peptostreptococcus; Pl.: Plesiomonas; R.: Ralstonia; Sp.: Sphingomonas; St.: Streptococcus.