About the Authors

Jie Li

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource Sustainable Utilization CAS, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Guo-Zhen Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Ajit Varma

Affiliation Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

Sheng Qin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China

Zhi Xiong

Affiliation School of Forestry Resources, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China

Hai-Yu Huang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Wen-Yong Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Li-Xing Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Li-Hua Xu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Si Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource Sustainable Utilization CAS, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Wen-Jun Li

wjli@ynu.edu.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land CAS, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL L-HX W-JL. Performed the experiments: JL G-ZZ H-YH W-YZ. Analyzed the data: JL AV SQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX L-XZ SZ. Wrote the paper: JL W-JL AV.