3.6. Principle Component Analysis reveals that copepod genera do host functionally distinct bacterial diversity.
From the PCA plot on the potential functional genes of CAB, clusters were found for three copepod genera i.e. Calanus spp.,Pleuromamma spp. and Centropages sp. (Figure 5).
The potential functional genes of CAB within Calanus spp. clustered from the rest of the copepod genera with Principle Component (PC) value of 28.4% in axis 1 and 16.7% in axis 2, whereas the potential functional genes of CAB within Pleuromamma spp. showed a variation of 28.4% in axis PC1 and 9.2% in axis PC3.Centropages sp. did have unique CAB functional diversity with a variation of 28.4% in axis PC1 and 9.2% in axis PC3, whereas the potential functional genes of CAB within Acartia spp. andTemora spp. were scattered.