Bacterial communities associated to Chilean altiplanic native plants from the Andean grasslands soils
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Fernández Gómez, Beatriz
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Maldonado, Jonathan
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Mandakovic, Dinka
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Gaete, Alexis
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Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.
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Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro
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Cambiazo, Veronica
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González, Mauricio
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2019-10-15T12:23:48Z
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2019-10-15T12:23:48Z
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2019
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Scientific Reports, Volumen 9, Issue 1, 2019,
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20452322
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10.1038/s41598-018-37776-0
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171618
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The rhizosphere is considered the primary place for soil microbiome differentiation and plays a key role in plant survival, especially for those subjected to environmental stress. Using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we analyzed and compared soil bacterial communities associated to four of the most abundant high altitude native plant species of the Chilean Andean grasslands. We examined three soil compartments: the rhizosphere (bacteria firmly attached to the roots), the rhizosphere-surrounding soil (bacteria loosely attached to the roots) and the bulk soil (plant-free soil). The rhizosphere microbiome was in all cases the least diverse, exposing that the bulk soil was a more complex environment. Taxonomic analysis revealed an abrupt change between the rhizosphere and the rest of the non-rhizospheric soils. Thus, while rhizobacterial communities were enriched in Proteobacteria (mainly Alphaproteobacteria), Actinobacteria (mostly Blastocatellia)