ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Talca, Chile for the PhD Scholarship. We would like to thank Eduardo Chica Ph.D. teaching researcher from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador for the support provided. To Andres Yarzabal Ph.D. teaching researcher at the Catholic University of Cuenca, Ecuador for his support. To the private company ID Metagenomics Cañar-Ecuador, for their help in the analysis of metagenomic data. To the kind people of the Chuchucan community, Cañar, Ecuador for allowing us to study their forest soils.