Comparison of the 35 Ciona core gut OTUs to other marine invertebrate gut microbiota.

All comparisons are between Ciona gut core OTUs and other marine invertebrates. Note that priming strategies and sequencing methods vary greatly. Therefore, OTU similarities are approximate however at >95% confidence over the regions compared. 1Number of OTUs sharing taxonomic hits (with Ciona core OTUs) in BLAST database searches. 1References cited in the text. 2Unclassified bacteria not shown. 3Number of subject OTUs shared with Ciona core OTUs at each taxonomic level specified. 4Unpublished data deposited in NCBI. aEndozoicomonas; bVibrio; cVibrio and Shewanella; dShewanella and Pseudoalteromonas; eVibrio, Rubritalea, Arcobacter, Pseudoalteromonas, and Shewanella.