Functional gene categories differentiate maize leaf drought-related microbial epiphytic communities

• Barbara A. Methe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations J Craig Venter Institute, Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• David Hiltbrand,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States of America

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• Jeffrey Roach,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Computing, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Wenwei Xu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural and Extension Center, Texas A and M AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX, United States of America

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• Stuart G. Gordon,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Department, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, United States of America

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• Brad W. Goodner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, United States of America

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• Ann E. Stapleton

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stapletona@uncw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7242-2673

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