Figure 3

Bacterial 16 rRNA gene community composition at 14 stations at the Kexue seamount. Panel (a) Taxonomic assignments were obtained from Illumina MiSeq sequencing datasets, using the RDP classifier tool and the Silva database, respectively. Only phyla with a relative abundance ≥1% are shown. Phyla with a relative abundance <1% were grouped as ‘Other’. Panel (b) Taxonomic assignments at the class level within the phylum Proteobacteria.