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. 2007 Aug 15;2(8):e743. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000743

Figure 2. Topographical representation of the niche (a) and phylogenetic (b) maps.

Figure 2

Mountain numbers and the corresponding taxonomic groups for each prokaryote within each mountain are shown. Taxonomic abbreviations are as follows: ACI = Acidobacteria; ACT = Actinobacteria; APB = Alphaproteobacteria; AQU = Aquificae; BAC = Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi; BPB = Betaproteobacteria; DPB = Deltaproteobacteria; CHV = Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia; CHL = Chloroflexi; CRE = Crenarchaeota; CYA = Cyanobacteria; DET = Deinococcus-Thermus; EPB = Epsilonproteobacteria; EUR = Euryarchaeota; FIR = Firmicutes; FUS = Fusobacteria; GPB = Gammaproteobacteria; NAN = Nanoarchaeota; PLA = Planctomycetes; SPI = Spirochaetes; THE = Thermotogae.