Fig. 4

Bacterial community composition from Cone Pool East. a Relative abundance plots of different sections of the dendrolitic cones, including the surrounding bacterial communities present in the Adjacent Mat and Water. Analysis was performed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. b Cluster dendrogram between communities from Cone Pool East, using Bray-Curtis dissimilarity and SIMPROF test. Significant clustering (p < 0.05) is indicated with colored branches