TABLE 2.

Number of genera contributing with at least 1% to individual bacterial communities, based on DNA amplicon sequencing data in samples from nonaffected (NA) and black spot syndrome affected areas (BS) of the four C. pagurus specimens

Specimen	Sample	NA		Sample	BS
		No. of genera	Mean		No. of genera	Mean
1	I-NA1	23	22 ± 1	I-BS1	26	18.5 ± 7
	I-NA2	22		I-BS2	20
	I-NA3	21		I-BS3	9
				I-BS4	19
2	II-NA1	26	22.5 ± 6	II-BS1	26	17.3 ± 11
	II-NA2	13		II-BS2	26
	II-NA3	25		II-BS3	4
	II-NA4	26		II-BS4	13
3	III-NA1	27	26 ± 2	III-BS1	8	16.5 ± 12
	III-NA2	23		III-BS2	5
	III-NA3	28		III-BS3	29
	III-NA4	26		III-BS4	24
4	IV-NA1	18	21 ± 3	IV-BS1	20	15.8 ± 6
	IV-NA2	24		IV-BS2	21
	IV-NA3	18		IV-BS3	13
	IV-NA4	24		IV-BS4	6
				IV-BS5	19
Total mean	NA		22.9 ± 2	BS		17 ± 1