About the Authors

Guiomar Sánchez-Carrón

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Campus Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

María Inmaculada García-García

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Campus Espinardo, Murcia, Spain, Murcia Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Murcia, Spain

Rubén Zapata-Pérez

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Campus Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

Hideto Takami

Affiliation Microbial Genome Research Group, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Francisco García-Carmona

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Campus Espinardo, Murcia, Spain, Murcia Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Murcia, Spain

Álvaro Sánchez-Ferrer

alvaro@um.es

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, Campus Espinardo, Murcia, Spain, Murcia Biomedical Research Institute (IMIB), Murcia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSC ASF. Performed the experiments: GSC. Analyzed the data: FGC HT ASF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MIGG RZP FGC HT. Wrote the paper: GSC ASF.