About the Authors

Amaro E. Trindade-Silva

Affiliations Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cintia Rua

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Genivaldo G. Z. Silva

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, United States of America

Bas E. Dutilh

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, United States of America, Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Ana Paula B. Moreira

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Robert A. Edwards

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, United States of America, Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States of America

Eduardo Hajdu

Affiliation Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gisele Lobo-Hajdu

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana Tereza Vasconcelos

Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Petrópolis, Brazil

Roberto G. S. Berlinck

Affiliation Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil

Fabiano L. Thompson

fabiano.thompson@biologia.ufrj.br

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLT RGSB AETS. Performed the experiments: AETS AP ATV GLH EH. Analyzed the data: AETS GGZS BED RAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FLT RGSB GLH BED RAE ATV. Wrote the paper: AETS FLT BED.