DNA from non-viable bacteria biases diversity estimates in the corals Acropora loripes and Pocillopora acuta

Table 3 ASVs identified as being characteristic of either the PMA-treated or untreated (Group) samples for A. loripes or P. acuta using an indicator species analysis

ASV	Stat	p value	Group	Coral species	Genus	BLASTn output			Relative abundance (%)
ASV	Stat	p value	Group	Coral species	Genus	Top BLASTn hit	e	% Identity	PMA-treated	Untreated
ASV001	0.782	0.0014	PMA-treated	A. loripes	Endozoicomonas	Endozoicomonas coralii Endozoicomonas atrinae	3e-131	99.22	5.44	2.37
ASV002	0.789	0.0023	Untreated	A. loripes	unknown Rickettsiales	Dongia soli	5e-75	86.42	1.10	25.55
ASV003	0.98	0.0001	Untreated	P. acuta	Reinekea	Reinekea thalattae	1.6E-134	100	0.002	15.14

For the identified ASVs, the top BLASTn hit is reported with e-value and % identity for the match. The relative abundance (%) of the ASV is reported for each group in the respective coral species

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