About the Authors

Roberto F. S. Andrade

Affiliation Institute of Physics, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Ivan C. Rocha-Neto

Affiliation Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Leonardo B. L. Santos

Affiliations Institute of Physics, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

Charles N. de Santana

Affiliation Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles (Islas Baleares), Spain

Marcelo V. C. Diniz

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

Thierry Petit Lobão

Affiliation Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Aristóteles Goés-Neto

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

Suani T. R. Pinho

Affiliation Institute of Physics, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Charbel N. El-Hani

charbel.elhani@pq.cnpq.br

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFSA ICRN LBLS TPL AGN STRP CNEH. Performed the experiments: RFSA ICRN LBLS CNdS MVCD STRP. Analyzed the data: RFSA ICRN LBLS CNdS MVCD TPL AGN STRP CNEH. Wrote the paper: RFSA TPL AGN STRP CNEH.