About the Authors

Cristian Botta

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Tomaz Langerholc

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

Avrelija Cencič

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

Luca Cocolin

lucasimone.cocolin@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC AC. Performed the experiments: CB TL. Analyzed the data: CB TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC AC TL. Wrote the paper: CB TL LC.