Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) suggested a moderated separation
of bacterial communities between water incubated with phage AS-A
and water incubated without phage AS-A (T8 vs T8-Phage) (R =
0.633). A separated but strongly overlapping groups was observed for
water incubated without phage in phage preservative solution (T8-TSBCL) and water incubated with phage AS-A in phage preservative solution (T8-Phage AS-A) (Table 4). Water samples without incubation
(T0) displayed a higher similarity, comparatively with water incubation
during 8 h (T8) (R = 0.148) (Table 4)