Table 5 Number of ASVs characteristic to low, medium and high altitudes and their taxonomic affiliation

Acidobacteria

Bryobacter

7

2

Candidatus Solibacter

6

Granulicella

1

Occallatibacter

1

unclassified Acidobacteriales

1

uncultured Acidobacteriaceae (Subgroup 1)

4

uncultured Acidobacteriales

1

16

1

Pyrinomonadaceae clade RB41

3

Subgroup 7

1

2

1

Subgroup 6

4

Angustibacter

1

Actinobacteria

Terrabacter

1

unclassified Kineosporiaceae

1

uncultured Frankiales

1

1

Class MB

1

Gaiella

1

Patulibacter

1

uncultured Gaiellales

3

Bacteroidetes

Flavisolibacter

1

2

AD3

Phylum AD3

2

Chloroflexi

uncultured Roseiflexaceae

1

Family JG30

3

Order B12

1

Order C0119

2

Cluster TK10

3

Gemmatimonadetes

Gemmatimonas

1

7

3

Gemmatirosa

3

unclassified Gemmatimonadaceae

2

1

4

3

uncultured Gemmatimonadaceae

11

Nitrospirae

Nitrospira

3

Patescibacteria

family Saccharimonadales

1

1

Proteobacteria

Bradyrhizobium

1

Phenylobacterium

1

1

1

Pseudolabrys

1

Sphingobium

2

Sphingomonas

8

2

unclassified Xanthobacteraceae

2

uncultured Alphaproteobacteria

1

uncultured Caulobacteraceae

2

uncultured Elsteraceae

2

uncultured Elsterales

5

uncultured Rhodospirillaceae

1

uncultured Xanthobacteraceae

1

Anaeromyxobacter

1

9

2

Haliangium

5

Pajaroellobacter

1

family A21b

1

Burkholderia

1

Caenimonas

1

order Ellin6067

2

4

6

Lysobacter

1

Massilia

1

1

MND1

2

3

Ramlibacter

1

1

Family SC

5

unclassified Methylophilaceae

1

Verrucomicrobia

Candidatus Udaeobacter

1