About the Authors

Peyman Alavi

Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Henry Müller

Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Massimiliano Cardinale

Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Christin Zachow

Affiliations Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), Graz, Austria

María B. Sánchez

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

José Luis Martínez

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Gabriele Berg

Gabriele.berg@tugraz.at

Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

Gabriele Berg is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and Dr. Christin Zachow is employed in a research company (Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology GmbH), which belongs to Graz University of Technology. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB HM PA JLM. Performed the experiments: PA MC CZ MBS. Analyzed the data: PA HM GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB. Wrote the paper: PA JLM GB.