About the Authors

Cinzia Benagli

cinzia.benagli@ti.ch

Affiliation Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Viviana Rossi

Affiliation Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Marisa Dolina

Affiliation Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Mauro Tonolla

Affiliations Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland, Microbiology Unit, Plant Biology Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Orlando Petrini

Affiliation Cantonal Institute of Microbiology, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD MT OP. Performed the experiments: CB VR. Analyzed the data: CB VR OP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP. Wrote the paper: CB MT OP.