About the Authors

Silvia Calo

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Calo, Francisco E. Nicolás

Current address: Department of Basic Sciences, PUCMM, Santiago, Dominican Republic

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Francisco E. Nicolás

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Calo, Francisco E. Nicolás

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Soo Chan Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ana Vila

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Maria Cervantes

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Santiago Torres-Martinez

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Rosa M. Ruiz-Vazquez

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Maria E. Cardenas

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph Heitman

heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SC FEN MEC RMRV JH. Data curation: SC FEN. Formal analysis: SC FEN. Funding acquisition: JH FEN MEC. Investigation: SC FEN SCL AV MC. Methodology: SC FEN MEC RMRV JH. Project administration: JH FEN. Resources: JH. Supervision: RMRV JH STM FEN MEC. Validation: SC FEN SCL MEC RMRV JH STM. Visualization: SC FEN MEC RMRV JH STM. Writing – original draft: SC FEN MEC JH. Writing – review & editing: SC FEN MEC JH STM RMRV.