Table 1 Abundance of functional marker genes associated with N-cycling on the fiddler crab carapace.

From: N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont

Functional gene

Copy number in sample

nirS

1.53 ± 0.13 × 103

n = 3

nirK

0.14 × 103

n = 3

nrf

2.42 × 103

n = 3

amoA-archaeal

0.08 ± 0.04 × 103

n = 3

amoA-bacterial

Not detected

n = 3

  1. Note that nirK and nrfA was detected only in two of three samples. Average and standard errors are given.
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