About the Authors

Daniela Carmona

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Claudia Rodríguez-Almazán

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Carlos Muñoz-Garay

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Leivi Portugal

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Claudia Pérez

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Ruud A. de Maagd

Affiliation Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Petra Bakker

Affiliation Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Mario Soberón

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Alejandra Bravo

bravo@ibt.unam.mx

Affiliation Departmento de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Competing Interests

Ruud A. de Maagd and Petra Bakker were employees of Plant Research International when they collaborated with the authors to perform this work. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AB. Performed the experiments: DC CRA CMG LP CP. Analyzed the data: MS AB CMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAdM PB. Wrote the paper: AB.