About the Authors

Giovanna Franciosa

giovanna.franciosa@iss.it

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Unit of Microorganisms and Food Technologies, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Antonella Maugliani

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Unit of Microorganisms and Food Technologies, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Concetta Scalfaro

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Unit of Microorganisms and Food Technologies, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Paolo Aureli

Affiliation Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Unit of Microorganisms and Food Technologies, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF. Performed the experiments: AM CS. Analyzed the data: GF AM CS. Wrote the paper: GF PA.