About the Authors

Sandra Pucciarelli

sandra.pucciarelli@unicam.it

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

Patrizia Ballarini

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

Daniela Sparvoli

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

Sabrina Barchetta

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

Ting Yu

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

H. William Detrich III

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Biology, Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cristina Miceli

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP PB HWD CM. Performed the experiments: SP PB SB TY DS. Analyzed the data: SP HWD CM PB SB DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP PB SB TY. Wrote the paper: SP HWD CM PB SB DS TY.