About the Authors

Krzysztof Regulski

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Pascal Courtin

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Mickael Meyrand

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Ingmar J. J. Claes

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sarah Lebeer

Current address: Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jos Vanderleyden

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pascal Hols

Affiliation Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Alain Guillot

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier

Marie-Pierre.Chapot@jouy.inra.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KR MPCC. Performed the experiments: KR PC AG. Analyzed the data: KR PC MM AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC SL JV PH. Wrote the paper: KR MPCC.