The communities on unaffected carapaces were dominated by members of alphaproteobacteria with at least 5 species (a Thalassobacter sp., 2 species of Loktanella, an Ahrensia sp., and 1 unclassified Rhodobacteraceae sp.), 3 of which (Thalassobacter sp., Ahrensia sp., and Loktanella species 2) were found in the majority of samples.
Q 3 Y3 (DQ311648) Band Nearest Blast Hit RDP Phylogeny (accession no.) C2 Uncultured bacterium Bacteroidetes; Flavobacteria; clone EPR3968-08a- Flavobacteriales; unclassified Bc46 (EU491713) Flavobacteriaceae, species 1 C4 Uncultured bacterium Proteobacteria; clone D8A8_187, Gammaproteobacteria, (FJ959833) unclassified species 1 ('Candidatus Homarophilus dermatus') C6 Tenacibaculum soleae Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteria, (T) LL04 12.1.7 Flavobacteriales, (NR042630) Flavobacteriaceae, Tenacibaculum soleae H1 Uncultured alpha Proteobacteria, proteobacterium Alphaproteobacteria, LSBS-100, (AM745987) Rhodobacterales, Rhodobacteraceae, Thalassobacter sp.