About the Authors

John Giles

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

A. Townsend Peterson

town@ku.edu

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Alzira Almeida

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Cidade Universitaria, Recife, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG ATP AA. Performed the experiments: JG. Analyzed the data: JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATP AA. Wrote the paper: JG ATP.