Fast acquisition of a polysaccharide fermenting gut microbiome by juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas after settlement in coastal habitats

Campos, Patricia; Guivernau, Miriam; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X.; Cardona, Luis

doi:10.1186/s40168-018-0454-z

Table 1 Descriptors of bacterial diversity in fecal and rectal samples of juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas from Brazil

From: Fast acquisition of a polysaccharide fermenting gut microbiome by juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas after settlement in coastal habitats

Study area	Origin	Turtle	CCL (cm)	Total reads	OTUs	Coverage (%)	Shannon (ave ± SD)^a	Chao1 (ave ± SD)^a
Praia do Forte–BA	Wild	PF1	31.1	70,792	1589	99	4.69 ± 0.006	2015 ± 78
Praia do Forte–BA	Wild	PF2	35.0	111,405	1794	99	4.17 ± 0.008	1790 ± 88
Praia do Forte–BA	Wild	PF3	38.8	70,850	1997	98	5.14 ± 0.006	2523 ± 85
Praia do Forte–BA	Wild	PF4	40.0	90,045	1911	99	4.22 ± 0.008	2148 ± 87
Praia do Forte–BA	Wild	PF5	44.0	89,351	2211	98	5.05 ± 0.007	2466 ± 90
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB6	37.0	127,862	1217	99	2.16 ± 0.009	1071 ± 69
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB7	39.7	68,389	601	99	2.59 ± 0.006	956 ± 80
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB8	40.0	98,513	1954	99	4.70 ± 0.007	2053 ± 77
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB9	41.3	76,055	1947	99	4.82 ± 0.006	2389 ± 90
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB10	44.7	61,852	598	99	3.08 ± 0.005	953 ± 67
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB11	45.0	119,273	2150	99	4.37 ± 0.008	2036 ± 93
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB12	47.0	119,764	2206	99	4.47 ± 0.008	2050 ± 81
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB13	53.3	84,889	2006	99	4.60 ± 0.008	2264 ± 79
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB14	54.2	107,097	1670	99	3.24 ± 0.009	1657 ± 71
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB15	58.3	90,582	1951	99	4.53 ± 0.007	2187 ± 90
Ubatuba–SP	Wild	UB16	61.4	79,361	2179	98	5.15 ± 0.006	2540 ± 83
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB17	32.5	103,168	2284	99	4.55 ± 0.008	2355 ± 88
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB18	34.9	121,100	1481	99	2.88 ± 0.009	1374 ± 75
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB19	38.6	56,987	1723	99	4.85 ± 0.005	2447 ± 77
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB20	40.0	123,937	1442	99	2.79 ± 0.009	1302 ± 71
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB21	41.3	101,478	2436	98	4.68 ± 0.008	2549 ± 93
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB22	53.5	99,346	2079	99	4.17 ± 0.009	2118 ± 75
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB23	58.6	70,520	2330	98	5.38 ± 0.006	2802 ± 77
Ubatuba–SP	Captivity	UB24	64.7	43,980	1036	99	4.70 ± 0.001	1875 ± 34
Range			31.1–64.7	70,792–127,862	1589–2436	98–99	2.16–5.38	953–2549

Fecal samples were collected at Ubatuba and rectal samples at Praia do Forte
CCL curved carapace length, BA State of Bahia, SP State of Sao Paulo, ave average
^aCalculated upon sample rarefaction at 43000 reads

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