this study / Previously reported in
O. annularis / References
B / B1 / AF333511 / Symbiodinium pulchrorum;
S. bermudense / Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Cayman Islands; Columbia; Cuba; Curacao; Dominican Rep.; Honduras; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Tobago; US Virgin Islands; Venezuela / Exuma Islands & Florida Keys; Barbados; Bahamas; US Virgin Islands; Bermuda / LaJeunesse 2002; Savage et al. 2002; Thornhill et al. 2006; Correa et al. 2009; Thornhill et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010
B10 / AF499787 / Cayman Islands; Cuba / Florida Keys / Thornhill et al. 2009
B17 / AY074987 / Belize / Panama / Savage et al. 2002
B1j / GU907637 / Barbados; Belize; Curacao; Venezuela / Eastern Caribbean / LaJeunesse et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010;
C / C1 / AF333515 / Symbiodinium goreaui / Bahamas; Cuba; Honduras; Tobago / US Virgin Islands / Correa et al. 2009
C3 / AF499789 / Belize; Columbia; Dominica / US Virgin Islands; Exuma Islands; Florida Keys / LaJeunesse 2002; Thornhill et al. 2006; Warner et al. 2006; Correa et al. 2009; Thornhill et al. 2009
C7 / AF499797 / Bahamas; Barbados; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Curacao; Dominica; Dominican Rep.; Jamaica; Nicaragua; US Virgin Islands; Tobago; Venezuela / US Virgin Islands; Barbados / Warner et al. 2006; Correa et al. 2009; LaJeunesse et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010
C12 / AF499801 / C7a / Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Curacao; Dominica; Dominican Rep.; Nicaragua; US Virgin Islands; Tobago; Venezuela / Eastern Caribbean; Exhuma Islands / Thornhill et al. 2006; LaJeunesse et al. 2009; Thornhill et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010;
D / D1 / AF334660 / Symbiodinium glynni / n/a / US Virgin Islands; South Yucatan; Exuma Islands; Florida Keys / LaJeunesse et al. 2001; LaJeunesse 2002; Thornhill et al. 2006; Correa et al. 2009; LaJeunesse et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010
D1-4 / AF499802 / Symbiodinium trenchii, D1b, D5, D1a / Bahamas; Belize; Cuba; Dominica; Honduras; US Virgin Islands / Exuma Islands; US Virgin Islands; South Yucatan; Florida Keys / LaJeunesse 2002; Thornhill et al. 2006; Correa et al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010; LaJeunesse et al. 2009
Table S1. Dominant Symbiodinium ITS2 types identified by DGGE analysis in this study, along with GenBank accession numbers and details on sampling locations from this and previous studies.
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