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Conflicts of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSResearch supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (grant #311534/2014-7 and #447265/2014-8) and Fundação Araucária (grant FA-#276/2014), and by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) via scholarship to A. Garcia, J.C. Polonio, A.D. Polli, and C.M. Santos.REFERENCESde Oliveira Costa LE, de Queiroz MV, Borges AC, de Moraes CA, et al (2012). Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria isolated from the leaves of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Braz. J. Microbiol. 43: 1562-1575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822012000400041 Gans J, Wolinsky M, Dunbar J, et al (2005). Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil. Science 309: 1387-1390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1112665 Garcia A, Rhoden SA, Bernardi-Wenzel J, Orlandelli RC, et al (2012a). 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