Figure 2

Spatial distributions of Bacteria, Archaea, potential reductive dehalogenators and phenol oxidative degraders in segments of 0–2 cm, 2–5 cm, 5–8 cm, 8–11 cm, 11–13 cm and 13–15 cm, respectively.
(A) 16S rRNA genes copies of Bacteria and Archaea; (B) 16S rRNA genes copies of possible reductive dehalogenase; (C) 16S rRNA genes copies of possible phenol degraders.