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Table 1 Conserved bacterial OTUs present in > 50% of coral samples (n = 51)

From: Microbiomes of stony and soft deep-sea corals share rare core bacteria

OTU

Percent of coral samples

Assignment UCLUST

Found in coral hosts

4447394/4462014

92

Actinobacteria: family Propionibacteriaceae, genus Propionibacterium

1–7 (all)

245163

84

Planctomycetes: family Pirellulaceae

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

1915223

76

Planctomycetes: family Pirellulaceae

1–7 (all)

4408871

69

Planctomycetes: family Pirellulaceae

1–7 (all)

4483490

69

Betaproteobacteria: family Comamonadaceae, genus Acidovorax

1–7 (all)

New.ReferenceOTU98

63

Planctomycetes: order Phycisphaerales

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

156342

61

Alphaproteobacteria: order Kiloniellales

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

4475561

61

Alphaproteobacteria: family Bradyrhizobiaceae

1–7 (all)

New.ReferenceOTU33

61

Unassigned

1, 2, 6, 7

New.CleanUp.ReferenceOTU8

61

Epsilonproteobacteria: order Campylobacterales

1, 2, 3, 6, 7

New.ReferenceOTU21

59

Gammaproteobacteria: family Moraxellaceae, genus Acinetobacter

1, 2, 3, 6, 7

4455242

55

Gammaproteobacteria: family Vibrionaceae

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

2222982

55

Planctomycetes: family Pirellulaceae

1–7 (all)

226495

55

Planctomycetes: family Pirellulaceae

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

160569

55

Planctomycetes: order Phycisphaerales

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

New.ReferenceOTU66

55

Gammaproteobacteria: family Moraxellaceae, genus Acinetobacter

4, 6, 7

New.ReferenceOTU53

55

Gammaproteobacteria: family Pseudomonadaceae, genus Pseudomonas

4, 6, 7

4307347

53

Alphaproteobacteria: family Methylobacteriaceae

4, 5, 6, 7

4457268

53

Gammaproteobacteria: family Enterobacteriaceae

4, 5, 6, 7

4371886

53

Gammaproteobacteria: family Xanthomonadaceae, genus Lysobacter

4, 5, 6, 7

4308875

53

Planctomycetes: order Phycisphaerales

1–7 (all)

4461879

53

Gammaproteobacteria: family Xanthomonadaceae

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

New.ReferenceOTU4

51

Alphaproteobacteria: order Kiloniellales

1, 2, 3, 6, 7

  1. Coral hosts: 1, Anthothela grandiflora; 2, Anthothela sp.; 3, Lateothela grandiflora; 4, Lophelia pertusa; 5, Paramuricea placomus; 6, Primnoa pacifica; 7, Primnoa resedaeformis
  2. Bacterial families/genera that are commonly found as kit contaminants