About the Authors

Wei Huang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Yongjun Lin

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Shuyuan Yi

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Pengfu Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Jie Shen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Zongze Shao

Affiliation The State Oceanic Administration, The Third Marine Research Institute, Xiamen, P.R. China

Ziduo Liu

lzd@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WH ZDL. Performed the experiments: WH SYY PFL. Analyzed the data: WH JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZS YJL ZDL. Wrote the paper: WH. Supplied the funding: ZDL YJL.