About the Authors

Vanessa Nessner Kavamura

van_nessner@yahoo.com.br

Affiliations Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Soil Science, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Gouvêa Taketani

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil

Milena Duarte Lançoni

Affiliations Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Soil Science, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernando Dini Andreote

Affiliation Department of Soil Science, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Mendes

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil

Itamar Soares de Melo

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VNK RGT FDA ISM. Performed the experiments: VNK MDL. Analyzed the data: VNK RGT MDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VNK RGT RM ISM. Wrote the paper: VNK. Revised the paper: RGT RM.