Table 3 Bacterial genera detected on female and male LESPs. Ocean-associated bacteria constituted only 6.53% ± 0.11 of the total bacteria detected on LESPs. There were no significant between-sex or within-sex relative abundance differences at either skin site for any of the ocean-associated taxa analyzed (p > 0.05)
| Â | Average % relative abundance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Classification | Female brood patch (n = 14) | Male brood patch (n = 7) | Female uropygial gland (n = 13) | Male uropygial gland (n = 8) |
Chlorobi | 0.042 ± 0.067 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Cytophagia | 0.006 ± 0.004 | 0.062 ± 0.059 | 0.007 ± 0.006 | 0.001 ± 0.002 |
Bdellovibrionales | 0.011 ± 0.013 | 0.001 ± 0.001 | 0.003 ± 0.003 | 0.002 ± 0.003 |
Burkholderiales | 0.008 ± 0.002 | 0.022 ± 0.018 | 0.006 ± 0.003 | 0.007 ± 0.003 |
Rhodospirillaceae | 0.006 ± 0.003 | 0.001 ± 0.001 | 0.006 ± 0.003 | 0.007 ± 0.004 |
Cellulomonadaceae | 0.006 ± 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.006 ± 0.008 | 0.000 ± 0.001 |
Microbacteriaceae | 0.014 ± 0.013 | 0.005 ± 0.004 | 0.041 ± 0.015 | 0.016 ± 0.010 |
Synechococcus | 0.000 | 0.062 ± 0.123 | 0.000 ± 0.001 | 0.000 |