Specific Microbial Communities Associate with the Rhizosphere of Welwitschia mirabilis, a Living Fossil

• Angel Valverde ,

  * E-mail: angel.valverde@up.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0439-9605

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• Pieter De Maayer,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Tanzelle Oberholster,

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Joh Henschel,

  Affiliations Namib Ecological Restoration and Monitoring Unit, Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, Walvis Bay, Namibia, SAEON Arid Lands Node, Hadison Park, Kimberly, South Africa

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• Michele K. Louw,

  Affiliation Swakop Uranium, Swakopmund, Namibia

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• Don Cowan

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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