About the Authors

Ángela Martínez-García

angela@eeza.csic.es

Affiliation Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC) E-04120 Almería, Spain

Manuel Martín-Vivaldi

Affiliation Departamento de Zoología Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain

Sonia M. Rodríguez-Ruano

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain

Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain

Eva Valdivia

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain

Juan J. Soler

Affiliation Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC) E-04120 Almería, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJS MM-V EV. Performed the experiments: AM-G JMP-S. Analyzed the data: AM-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM-G SRR. Wrote the paper: AM-G JJS MM-V. Designed the study: JJS MM-V EV. Performed all molecular analyses: AM-G SRR. Performed binning and statistical analyses: AM-G. Performed field work: JMP-S AM-G. Drafted first version of the manuscript: AM-G JJS MM-V. All other authors substantially contributed to the final version.