About the Authors

Carolina Megumi Mizuno

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Nikole E. Kimes

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Mario López-Pérez

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Eva Ausó

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

frvalera@umh.es

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Rohit Ghai

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiologia, Universidad Miguel Hernández, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Competing Interests

Francisco Rodriguez-Valera is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors would like to state that no competing financial interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMM NEK. Performed the experiments: NEK MLP EA. Analyzed the data: CMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FRV. Wrote the manuscript: CMM NEK FRV RG.