About the Authors

Aitor Blanco-Míguez

Affiliations ESEI–Department of Computer Science, University of Vigo, Edificio Politécnico, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain, Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff

Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

Alberto Gutiérrez-Jácome

Affiliation ESEI–Department of Computer Science, University of Vigo, Edificio Politécnico, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain

Markus Göker

Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

Florentino Fdez-Riverola

Affiliation ESEI–Department of Computer Science, University of Vigo, Edificio Politécnico, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain

Borja Sánchez

borja.sanchez@csic.es.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Anália Lourenço

Affiliations ESEI–Department of Computer Science, University of Vigo, Edificio Politécnico, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, Ourense, Spain, CEB—Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS AL FFR. Performed the experiments: ABM AGJ JPMK MG. Analyzed the data: BS JPMK AL MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFR. Wrote the paper: ABM BS AL JPMK.