Assessing Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Thymus zygis Growing in the Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain) through Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches

Javier Pascual; Silvia Blanco; Marina García-López; Adela García-Salamanca; Sergey A. Bursakov; Olga Genilloud; Gerald F. Bills; Juan L. Ramos; Pieter van Dillewijn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146558

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Assessing Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Thymus zygis Growing in the Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain) through Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches

Javier Pascual,

Current address: Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Affiliations Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain, MEDINA Foundation, Centre of Excellence for Innovative Medicines Research, Granada, Spain
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Silvia Blanco,

Affiliation Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Marina García-López,

Affiliation MEDINA Foundation, Centre of Excellence for Innovative Medicines Research, Granada, Spain
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Adela García-Salamanca,

Affiliation Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Sergey A. Bursakov,

Current address: Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Center of Experimental Embryology and Reproductive Biotechnologies, Moscow, Russia

Affiliation Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Olga Genilloud,

Affiliation MEDINA Foundation, Centre of Excellence for Innovative Medicines Research, Granada, Spain
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Gerald F. Bills,

Current address: Texas Therapeutics Institute, The Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation MEDINA Foundation, Centre of Excellence for Innovative Medicines Research, Granada, Spain
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Juan L. Ramos,

Current address: Biotechnology Technological Area, Abengoa Research, Sevilla, Spain

Affiliation Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Pieter van Dillewijn

* E-mail: pieter.vandillewijn@eez.csic.es

Affiliation Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Assessing Bacterial Diversity in the Rhizosphere of Thymus zygis Growing in the Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain) through Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches

Javier Pascual,
Silvia Blanco,
Marina García-López,
Adela García-Salamanca,
Sergey A. Bursakov,
Olga Genilloud,
Gerald F. Bills,
Juan L. Ramos,
Pieter van Dillewijn

Published: January 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146558

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