Fig. 4From: Particle-attached bacteria act as gatekeepers in the decomposition of complex phytoplankton polysaccharidesFrequencies of CAZyme genes attributed to the degradation of specific polysaccharide substrates. CAZyme genes in metagenomes and corresponding substrates were predicted using the dbCAN3-sub database. Gene frequencies were calculated as follows: frequency = Σ(average coverage of target genes) × 100/Σ(average coverage of all genes). Only dates with data for all fractions were plotted as stacked bar charts (left to right: FL, 0.2–3 µm; PA3, 3–10 µm; PA10, > 10 µm). Colors represent dominating taxa. Additional data for α-rhamnosides, chitin, arabinans, α-mannans, cellulose, and sialic acids is depicted in Additional file 2: Fig. S10, and complete data is summarized in Additional file 1: Table S7Back to article page