AquaBiomics Microbiome Test Report


About this report

Generated on: Mon Nov 27 19:56:07 2023

This report summarizes an analysis of DNA from Bacteria and Archaea in an aquarium water sample. Thousands of individual DNA molecules from each sample were sequenced, and each DNA sequence compared with DNA databases to identify its origin. The report lists the different kinds of microbes in your sample, and their relative abundance, with a special focus on beneficial and harmful microbes for the saltwater aquarium.

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Information about the sample

Sample ID 1002180
Sample Name 0001 10-8-23
Tank Name Frag troughs
Sample Date 10/8/2023 18:30




Diversity

This score is a measurement of the number of different types of Bacteria or Archaea in the sample. Read more about Microbial Diversity here.


Your sample had a diversity similar to the typical reef tank.




Balance

This score compares the microbiome in your tank with that of a typical reef tank. High scores indicate a typical community, while low scores indicate an atypical community. Read more about this score here.


The community in your tank is very similar to that of a mature reef tank.




Community Composition

This figure shows the reasons for your balance score. Compare your sample with the typical community to identify families that are unusually high or low in your sample. Read more about the major families of microbes in reef tanks here.

The size of each bar indicates the relative abundance of each microbial family, coded by color. For clarity, only the families accounting for at least 1% of either community are shown here.


Nitrifying Community

These communities include ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria (AOB), ammonia-oxidizing Archaea (AOA), and nitrite-oxidizing Bacteria (NOB). Although present at detectable levels in most tanks, there turns out to be more variation in the levels of these groups than many aquarists expected.


Ammonia-Oxidizing Microbes

Group Your Level Typical Range
Total 0.08857 0.00057 - 0.0559
Nitrosococcus 0 0 - 0
Nitrosomonadaceae 0 0 - 0.00085
Nitrososphaeraceae 0.00062 0 - 0
Cenarchaeaceae 0.08795 0.00057 - 0.05505
Note:
Typical range is between the 10th and 90th
percentiles. High levels (>50th percentile) are
color coded green, intermediate levels (between
10th and 50th percentiles) are coded yellow, and
low levels (< 10th percentile) are coded red.




Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria

Group Your Level Typical Range
Total 0.00025 0 - 0.00292
Nitrobacter 0 0 - 0
Nitrococcus 0 0 - 0
Nitrotoga 0 0 - 0
Nitrospinaceae 0 0 - 0
Nitrospiraceae 0.00025 0 - 0.00292
Nitrolancea 0 0 - 0
Note:
Typical range is between the 10th and 90th
percentiles. High levels (>50th percentile) are
color coded green, intermediate levels (between
10th and 50th percentiles) are coded yellow, and
low levels (< 10th percentile) are coded red.
Your sample showed a healthy nitrifying community with levels similar to a typical reef tank.




Cyanobacteria

Group Your Level Typical Range
Total 0.00021 0 - 0
Acaryochloridaceae 0 0 - 0
Chlorarachniophyceae 0 0 - 0
Cyanobacteriaceae 0 0 - 0
Nostocaceae 0 0 - 0
Oscillatoriaceae 0 0 - 0
Phormidiaceae 0 0 - 0
Prochloraceae 0 0 - 0
Pseudanabaenaceae 0.00021 0 - 0
Rivulariaceae 0 0 - 0
Spirulinaceae 0 0 - 0
Schizotrichaceae 0 0 - 0
Scytonemataceae 0 0 - 0
Synechococcaceae 0 0 - 0
Xenococcaceae 0 0 - 0
Note:
Typical range is between the 10th and 90th
percentiles. High levels (>90th percentile) are
color coded red, intermediate levels (between
50th and 90th percentiles) are coded yellow, and
low levels (< 50th percentile) are coded green.
Your sample contained higher levels of Cyanobacteria than most. Not all Cyanobacteria cause problems, but if you’re interested in preventing or resolving Cyanobacterial issues please see these notes.




Fish Pathogens

Type Name Your level Average level Typical range Prevalence
188 Vibrio fortis 8.742 0.4 0 - 1.6 44.3
161788 Vibrio fortis 0.045 0.0 0 - 0 0.6
Note:
Levels are expressed as percent of DNA sequences matching each type. Prevalence indicates the fraction of samples tested that contained each type, expressed as a percent. Type is an arbitrary ID number assigned to each unique sequence found in our database.
Your sample contained one or more Bacterial pathogens of fish. To read more about whether this is a concern, and how you might address it, please see these notes.
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Group Your Level Typical Range
Total 0.08787 0 - 0.01208
Eubacterium tarantellae 0 0 - 0
Lactococcus garvieae 0 0 - 0
Enterococcus seriolicida 0 0 - 0
Streptococcus parauberis 0 0 - 0
Streptococcus iniae 0 0 - 0
Mycobacterium chelonei 0 0 - 0
Mycobacterium fortuitum 0 0 - 0
Mycobacterium marinum 0 0 - 0
Mycobacterium neoaurum 0 0 - 0
Nocardia asteroides 0 0 - 0
Nocardia salmonicida 0 0 - 0
Nocardia seriolae 0 0 - 0
Renibacterium salmoninarum 0 0 - 0
Aeromonas jandaei 0 0 - 0
Aeromonas salmonicida 0 0 - 0
Serratia liquefaciens 0 0 - 0
Chryseobacterium balustinum 0 0 - 0
Chryseobacterium scophthalmum 0 0 - 0
Tenacibaculum maritimus 0 0 - 0
Tenacibaculum ovolyticus 0 0 - 0
Pasteurella skyensis 0 0 - 0
Pseudomonas anguilliseptica 0 0 - 0
Moritella marina 0 0 - 0
Moritella viscosa 0 0 - 0
Photobacterium damselae 0 0 - 0.00238
Shewanella putrefaciens 0 0 - 0
Vibrio alginolyticus 0 0 - 0
Vibrio cholerae 0 0 - 0
Vibrio fischeri 0 0 - 0
Vibrio fortis 0.08787 0 - 0.0097
Vibrio furnissii 0 0 - 0
Vibrio harveyi 0 0 - 0
Vibrio carchariae 0 0 - 0
Vibrio trachuri 0 0 - 0
Vibrio ichthyoenteri 0 0 - 0
Vibrio logei 0 0 - 0
Vibrio ordalii 0 0 - 0
Vibrio pelagius 0 0 - 0
Vibrio salmonicida 0 0 - 0
Vibrio splendidus 0 0 - 0
Halomonas cupida 0 0 - 0
Piscirickettsia salmonis 0 0 - 0
Note:
Typical range is between the 10th and 90th
percentiles. High levels (>90th percentile) are
color coded red, intermediate levels (between
50th and 90th percentiles) are coded yellow, and
low levels (< 50th percentile) are coded green.


Coral Pathogens

None of the DNA sequences from this sample matched known coral pathogens.
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Group Your Level Typical Range
Total 0 0 - 0
Vibrio shiloi 0 0 - 0
Vibrio coralliilyticus 0 0 - 0
Vibrio harveyi 0 0 - 0
Aurantimonas coralicida 0 0 - 0
Vibrio rotiferianus 0 0 - 0
Vibrio alginolyticus 0 0 - 0
Vibrio proteolyticus 0 0 - 0
Vibrio charcharvina 0 0 - 0
Serratia marcescens 0 0 - 0
Aquarickettsia rohweri 0 0 - 0
Note:
Typical range is between the 10th and 90th
percentiles. High levels (>90th percentile) are
color coded red, intermediate levels (between
50th and 90th percentiles) are coded yellow, and
low levels (< 50th percentile) are coded green.


Your sample contained one or more suspected pathogens of corals. To read more about whether this is a concern, and how you might address it, please see these notes.
Type Name Your level Average level Typical range Prevalence
438 SCTLD-associated Planktotellea sp. 1.624 0.3 0 - 1.1 25.4
1103 Arcobacter sp. type 1103 0.320 0.1 0 - 0.3 14.0
Note:
Levels are expressed as percent of DNA sequences matching each type. Prevalence indicates the fraction of samples tested that contained each type, expressed as a percent. Type is an arbitrary ID number assigned to each unique sequence found in our database.

DNA analysis conducted by AquaBiomics LLC.