Additional file 12 of A core of functional complementary bacteria infects oysters in Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
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Additional file 12. Table S4. Frequencies of bacterial genera that change significantly in abundance over the course of each experimental infectionin susceptible and resistant oyster families. The change in abundance of bacterial genera between initial and final time points was determined using DEseq2 with the FDR < 0.05. Susceptible oyster families are SF11, SF14, and SF15; resistant oyster families are RF21, RF23, and RF48. A indicates the Atlantic infectious environment, M the Mediterranean infectious environment. T0, T6, T12, T24, T48, T60 and T72 indicate sampling timesover the course of experimental infection. R1, R2, R3 indicate the results of each replicate.
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