Table 1 OTUs typically associated with abundant (>1%) OTUs in cool and warm groups, respectively.

From: Marked seasonality and high spatial variation in estuarine ciliates are driven by exchanges between the ‘abundant’ and ‘intermediate’ biospheres

Cool group

Warm group

OTU name

Status in warm group

Taxonomy

OTU name

Status in cool group

Taxonomy

OTU_11 (5.89)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Strombidium, Strombidium basimorphum

OTU_4 (243.89)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Laboea, Laboea strobila

OTU_239 (12.48)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Strombidium

OTU_146 (1994.39)

R

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Laboea, Laboea sp

OTU_5 (7.41)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Sinistrostrombidium

OTU_629 (3350.59)

R

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae, Laboea, Laboea sp

OTU_12 (5.00)

I

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Tintinnida,

OTU_528 (5.12)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae

OTU_21 (179.84)

R

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Tintinnida

OTU_240 (3.77)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae

OTU_19 (56.03)

I

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Choreotrichida, Strombidinopsidae, Strombidinopsis

OTU_705 (3.26)

I

Spirotrichea, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae

OTU_16 (126.13)

I

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Choreotrichida, Strombidinopsidae

OTU_14 (2268.29)

R

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Tintinnida, Tintinnidae, Tintinnidium, Tintinnidium sp

OTU_37 (3146.75)

R

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Choreotrichida, Strobilidiidae, Rimostrombidium

OTU_15 (4.70)

I

Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia, Tintinnida, Tintinnidae, Tintinnidium, Tintinnidium sp

OTU_41 (8.25)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Haptorida, Didiniidae, Cyclotrichium

OTU_13 (15645.37)

R

Oligohymenophorea, Peritrichia, Zoothamniidae, Zoothamnium

OTU_8 (10.15)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Haptorida, Didiniidae

OTU_3 (520.20)

I

Oligohymenophorea, Peritrichia, Epistylididae, Epistylis, Epistylis sp

OTU_17 (709.47)

R

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Haptorida, Didiniidae,

OTU_22 (118.65)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Haptorida, Actinobolinidae

OTU_28 (3.48)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Haptorida, Didiniidae

OTU_661 (3.98)

I

Litostomatea,Haptoria, Haptorida, Didiniidae

OTU_24 (3.47)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Cyclotrichida, Mesodiniidae, Askenasia

OTU_9 (6.39)

I

Litostomatea, Haptoria, Cyclotrichida

OTU_20 (272.24)

R

Prostomatea, Prorodontida, Urotrichidae, Urotricha

OTU_33 (8.01)

I

Litostomatea,Haptoria, Cyclotrichida

  1. Numbers in brackets indicate the ratio of relative abundance of each OTU in one group to its relative abundance in the other group. Abbreviation: I, intermediate; R, rare.
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