About the Authors

Noemí Araceli Rivera Casado

Contributed equally to this work with: Noemí Araceli Rivera Casado, Graciano Calva Calva

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

María del Carmen Montes Horcasitas

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

Refugio Rodríguez Vázquez

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

Fernando José Esparza García

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

Josefina Pérez Vargas

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biochemical Engineering, Postgraduate Division, TESE, Ecatepec Estado de México, México

Armando Ariza Castolo

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Chemistry Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F., México

Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Microbiology Area, Edaphology Postgraduate, Postgraduate College, Montecillo, Edo. de México, Mexico

Octavio Gómez Guzmán

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

Graciano Calva Calva

Contributed equally to this work with: Noemí Araceli Rivera Casado, Graciano Calva Calva

gcalva@cinvestav.mx

Current address: Av IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, México D.F., 07360, México

Affiliation Biotechnology and Bioengineering, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico D. F, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GCC NARC JPV. Performed the experiments: NARC GCC JPV OGG. Analyzed the data: NARC MCMH RRV FJEG JPV AAC RFC OGG GCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GCC JPV. Wrote the paper: NARC JPV GCC.