Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges

Table 4 Taxonomy of OTUs that exhibited relative abundances significantly correlated with NH₄ or POC specific filtration rates (Pearson) and differed significantly within sponge species across locations (Metastats)

Species	OTU	Phylum	Lowest taxonomy	Correlation source	Pearson correlation	Correlation P value	Metastats P value	Ave. relative Abd.
Species	OTU	Phylum	Lowest taxonomy	Correlation source	Pearson correlation	Correlation P value	Metastats P value	Florida	Belize
A. tubulata	090	Crenarchaeota	G. Cenarchaeum	NH₄	0.9974	0.0026	0.0506	2.3	1.1
N. digitalis	011	Proteobacterium	C. Alphaproteobacterium	NH₄	0.9379	0.0184	0.0275	1.3	0.5
	028	Proteobacterium	G. Candidatus Portiera	NH₄	0.8830	0.0472	0.0320	0.5	0.2
	045	Euryarchaeota	C. Thermoplasmata	NH₄	0.9041	0.0351	0.0114	0.6	0.1
V. gigantea	060	Proteobacterium	G. Piscirickettsiaceae	POC	0.7149	0.0463	0.0226	1.24	0.51
V. reiswigi	070	Acidobacteria	C. BPC015	POC	− 0.8370	0.0377	0.0044	1.78	0.45
X. muta	035	Nitrospirae	O. Nitrospiraceae	POC	0.6880	0.0279	0.0179	2.25	1.61
	067	AncK6	P. AncK6	POC	− 0.6387	0.0469	0.0600	0.96	1.13
	081	Chloroflexi	C. TK18	POC	− 0.6472	0.0431	0.0033	1.54	2.89
	129	Proteobacterium	F. Rhodospirillaceae	POC	0.8114	0.0044	0.0524	0.45	0.30
	134	Chloroflexi	C. mle1-48	POC	0.6884	0.0277	0.0137	0.04	0.39

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