Fig. 2

Illustration of niche-related pattern. Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) on bacterial 16 S rRNA sequencing data (a) and fungal 28 S rRNA sequencing data (b); GeoChip bacterial datasets (c), and GeoChip fungal datasets (d). Principal Components Analysis (PCA) on sponge transcriptomic datasets (e). Code: SW– seawater; SA–M. grandis under alga G. Salicornia; SC–M. grandis on coral P. compressa; SD–M. grandis on rocks. If a code contains two letters, it means the data is derived from total DNA. Whereas if a code contains three letters, it means the data is derived from total cDNA. For example, SA means the data is derived from the total DNA of M. grandis when it grows under the algal mats. SAC mean the data is derived from the total cDNA of M. grandis when it grows under the algal mats