Table 2 Core bacterial microbiome of mucus-associated bacteria from bleached and healthy colonies of P. lobata from the PAG and the RS.

From: Stable mucus-associated bacterial communities in bleached and healthy corals of Porites lobata from the Arabian Seas

OTU ID

Pres.

Taxonomy

Mean Abundance (mucus)

Mean Abundance (water)

Otu0001

100%

Pseudomonas veronii #

729.8

2.0

Otu0002

100%

Brachybacterium sp.#

314.6

2.0

Otu0003

100%

Dietzia sp.#

204.7

1.4

Otu0004

100%

Unknown species, family OCS155+

87.3

256.0

Otu0005

100%

Unknown species, family Pelagibacteraceae+

61.5

207.8

Otu0008

100%

Pseudomonas umsongensis (91)#

53.1

0.2

Otu0011

100%

Caulobacter henricii #

44.2

0.4

Otu0012

100%

Herbaspirillum sp.*

43.3

n.d.

Otu0018

100%

Brevibacterium aureum *

30.8

n.d.

Otu0020

100%

Pelomonas puraquae #

27.5

0.2

Otu0029

100%

Sphingomonas echinoides *

17.5

n.d.

Otu0035

100%

Acinetobacter guillouiae (81)#

14.8

11.2

Otu0036

100%

Propionibacterium acnes #

14.7

2.8

Otu0016

98%

Unknown species, class Deltaproteobacteria+

25.0

68.0

Otu0019

98%

Candidatus Portiera sp.+

21.4

73.0

Otu0007

96%

Candidatus Portiera sp.+

45.4

118.6

Otu0009

96%

Unknown species, family Rhodospirillaceae+

38.6

111.2

Otu0021

96%

ZA3312c sp.+

21.5

57.2

Otu0040

96%

Unknown species, family Pelagibacteraceae+

10.6

37.8

Otu0006

94%

Unknown species, family Rhodobacteraceae+

69.4

116.0

Otu0023

94%

Unknown species, class Alphaproteobacteria+

19.5

59.0

Otu0015

92%

Unknown species, family Flammeovirgaceae+

25.8

91.2

Otu0032

92%

Unknown species, family Pelagibacteraceae#

12.9

0.4

Otu0037

92%

Phaeobacter sp. (99)+

14.8

39.6

Otu0013

90%

Unknown species, family Flavobacteriaceae+

31.5

52.6

Otu0017

90%

Unknown species, family Flavobacteriaceae+

23.6

75.2

Otu0027

90%

Polaribacter irgensii (91)+

16.4

33.6

Otu0051

90%

Unknown species, family Pelagibacteraceae+

6.0

20.0

Otu0033

88%

Unknown species, order Rhizobiales+

13.2

29.2

Otu0063

88%

Delftia sp.*

6.4

n.d.

Otu0010

86%

Candidatus_Portiera sp.+

35.5

111.0

Otu0030

86%

Unknown species, family OM60+

14.3

29.2

Otu0071

86%

Sphingobium yanoikuyae*

5.1

n.d.

Otu0050

84%

Unknown species, order MWH-UniP1+

6.4

17.0

Otu0043

82%

Unknown species, family Piscirickettsiaceae+

8.6

27.6

Otu0025

80%

Unknown species, family Flavobacteriaceae+

21.9

28.0

Otu0041

80%

Unknown species, family Flavobacteriaceae+

11.9

22.2

Otu0045

80%

Unknown species, family AEGEAN_112+

8.4

23.2

Otu0068

80%

Staphylococcus epidermidis *

5.8

n.d.

Otu0022

78%

Polaribacter irgensii +

22.8

31.6

Otu0044

78%

Unknown species, class Gammaproteobacteria+

8.9

19.4

Otu0114

76%

Unknown species, order Actinomycetales#

2.1

0.2

  1. Core bacterial microbiome members are present in >75% of all coral mucus samples. Taxonomic classification of OTUs against Greengenes database (bootstrap value indicated if <100). Mean abundance denotes average number of sequence counts over all mucus or water samples, respectively.
  2. Core bacterial microbiome OTUs categorized as follows: * = ‘exclusive’ (i.e., not present in water samples), # = ‘mucus-dominant’ (i.e., ratio of mean sequence counts in mucus over water samples >1), and + = ‘environmental’ (i.e., ratio of mean sequence counts in mucus over water samples <1). n.d. = not detected.
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