About the Authors

Fatma Gomaa

fatma.gomaa@unine.ch (FG); enrique.lara@unine.ch (EL)

Affiliations Laboratory of Soil Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Edward A. D. Mitchell

Affiliation Laboratory of Soil Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Enrique Lara

fatma.gomaa@unine.ch (FG); enrique.lara@unine.ch (EL)

Affiliation Laboratory of Soil Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG EL EADM. Performed the experiments: FG. Analyzed the data: FG EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EADM EL. Wrote the paper: FG EL EADM.