About the Authors

Ana Real

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Isabel Comino

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Laura de Lorenzo

¤ Current address: Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (C.N.B.-C.S.I.C.), Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Francisco Merchán

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Javier Gil-Humanes

Affiliation Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (C.S.I.C.), Córdoba, Spain

María J. Giménez

Affiliation Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (C.S.I.C.), Córdoba, Spain

Miguel Ángel López-Casado

Affiliation Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain

Ma Isabel Torres

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Experimental, Campus Universitario Las Lagunillas, Jaén, Spain

Ángel Cebolla

Affiliation Biomedal S.L., Sevilla, Spain

Carolina Sousa

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Francisco Barro

Affiliation Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (C.S.I.C.), Córdoba, Spain

Fernando Pistón

fpiston@ias.csic.es

Affiliation Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (C.S.I.C.), Córdoba, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Ángel Cebolla is employed by Biomedal S.L. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: AR CS FB FP. Performed the experiments: AR IC LL MAL AC MJG JG MIT FP. Analyzed the data: AR MJG FM CS FB FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR IC LL MAL AC MJG JG MIT. Wrote the paper: AR MJG CS FB FP.