About the Authors

Maria de Lourdes Moreno

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Cristina Sánchez-Porro

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Francine Piubeli

Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciana Frias

Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

María Teresa García

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Encarnación Mellado

emellado@us.es

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM MTG. Performed the experiments: MLM CS FP LF. Analyzed the data: EM MTG MLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM FB MLM. Wrote the paper: MLM EM MTG.