Diversity of the microbial community and cultivable protease-producing bacteria in the sediments of the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea - Fig 5

(a) Cluster analysis showing the similarity of bacterial communities recovered from 86 sampling sites in the SCS, YS and SCS based on the OTU numbers of each sampling station. Eighty-six sampling sites could be classified into seven clusters. (b) Functional analysis of microbial communities. Bubbleplot representing the functional microorganisms in the seven clusters from the three China Seas.