Title: Community assembly in plant-bacterium symbiotic interactions in a natural environment: Does host genetic variation matter?

Authors: Shinnosuke Kagiya¹, Ken-ichi Kucho², Shunsuke Utsumi^3*

Affiliations:

¹Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, North 10, West 5, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan

²Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-35, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan

³Field Science Center of Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, North 9, West 9, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0809, Japan

^*Corresponding author

Shunsuke Utsumi

Field Science Center of Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, North 9, West 9, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0809, Japan

e-mail: utsumi@fsc.hokudai.ac.jp