About the Authors

Alberto Yáñez

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain

Javier Megías

Affiliation Laboratorio de Citómica, Unidad Mixta CIPF-UVEG, Centro de Investigación “Príncipe Felipe”, Valencia, Spain

José-Enrique O'Connor

Affiliation Laboratorio de Citómica, Unidad Mixta CIPF-UVEG, Centro de Investigación “Príncipe Felipe”, Valencia, Spain

Daniel Gozalbo

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain

M. Luisa Gil

m.luisa.gil@uv.es

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Javier Megías is funded by a commercial source, Bancaja, Spain. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare; therefore, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLG DG AY. Performed the experiments: AY JM. Analyzed the data: MLG DG JEO AY. Wrote the paper: MLG DG.