About the Authors
- André Passaglia Schuch
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Juliana Carvalhães Lago
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Affiliation Natura Inovação e Tecnologia de Produtos LTDA, São Paulo, Brazil
- Teiti Yagura
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
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* E-mail: cfmmenck@usp.br
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Competing Interests
One of the authors, Juliana Carvalhães Lago, is a researcher at the company Natura Inovação e Tecnologia de Produtos LTDA, a funder of this research. However, he confirms that 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: APS JCL TY CFMM. Performed the experiments: APS JCL TY. Analyzed the data: APS JCL TY CFMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APS JCL CFMM. Wrote the paper: APS JCL TY CFMM.