About the Authors

Valeria Micale

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Micale, Salvatore Campo

valeria.micale@iamc.cnr.it

Affiliation Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Messina, Italy

Salvatore Campo

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Micale, Salvatore Campo

Affiliation Department of Biochemical, Physiological and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Medical Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Angela D’Ascola

Affiliation Department of Biochemical, Physiological and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Medical Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

M. Cristina Guerrera

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

M. Beatrice Levanti

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Antonino Germanà

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Ugo Muglia

Affiliations Department of Morphology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, Consorzio Interuniversitario INBB (Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi), Roma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UM. Performed the experiments: ADA MCG MBL. Analyzed the data: VM SC ADA MCG MBL AG UM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC MBL AG UM. Wrote the paper: VM SC.