About the Authors

Vitaly V. Kadnikov

Affiliation Centre ‘Bioengineering’, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Andrey V. Mardanov

Affiliation Centre ‘Bioengineering’, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Olga A. Podosokorskaya

Affiliation Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Sergey N. Gavrilov

Affiliation Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Ilya V. Kublanov

Affiliation Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Alexey V. Beletsky

Affiliation Centre ‘Bioengineering’, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Affiliation Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Nikolai V. Ravin

nravin@biengi.ac.ru

Affiliation Centre ‘Bioengineering’, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVK AVM EABO NVR. Performed the experiments: VVK AVM OAP IVK AVB. Analyzed the data: VVK AVM SNG IVK AVB EABO NVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OAP. Wrote the paper: VVK EABO NVR.