TABLE 2.
Number of coral colony mucus or seawater samples collected over the course of the experiment for microbiome analysis
| Sample type | Pretreatment | 0 hours after | 96 hours after | 1 wk after | 2 wks after | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control treatment | Symbiotic A. poculata | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Aposymbiotic A. poculata | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Seawater | 1a | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Antibiotic treatment | Symbiotic A. poculata | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Aposymbiotic A. poculata | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Seawater | 1a | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
The same sample was utilized for both pretreatment time points.