Freshwater versus marine bacterial abundance by taxonomy

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Description: English: Freshwater versus marine bacterial abundance by taxonomy Median relative abundance of phyla/proteobacterial classes in freshwater and marine samples collected from surface (a) and deep (b) waters. The deepest hypolimnion (below thermocline) sample collected from stratified lakes and marine samples collected at depths >75m were classified as “deep” samples. Diagonal lines indicate a 1:1 relationship. The abundances of phyla (classes for Proteobacteria), orders, and families between marine and freshwater samples were compared. At the phylum level, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Euryarchaeota, and Marinimicrobia had significantly higher relative abundances in marine systems while Betaproteobacteria and Verrucomicrobia had higher relative abundances in freshwater systems. Date: 2018. Source: https://msystems.asm.org/content/3/6/e00232-18 doi:10.1128/mSystems.00232-18. Author: Sara F. Paver, Daniel Muratore, Ryan J. Newton and Maureen L. Coleman.