Cristian R. Cervantes

One Core to Root them All: A Core Bacterial Community in Closely Related but Geographically Distant Mammillaria Species from Contrasting Environments

Understanding the core microbiome has potential applications on biomonitoring and conservation. We explore whether closely related xerophytes from the M ammillaria h aageana s pecies c omplex (MHSC), a recently diverged group (ca. 2 mya) that occupy geographically distant and contrasting environments, s...