About the Authors

Lei Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Liangyu Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Mingpeng Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Jiafang Fu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhaojie Zhang

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Jin Hou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Xiaoming Bao

bxm@sdu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC LYL XMB. Performed the experiments: LC LYL MPW. Analyzed the data: LC LYL ZJZ JH XMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFF ZJZ. Wrote the paper: LC LYL ZJZ JH XMB.