About the Authors
- Peyman Alavi
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Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria
- Henry Müller
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Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria
- Massimiliano Cardinale
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Affiliation Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria
- Christin Zachow
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Affiliations Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), Graz, Austria
- María B. Sánchez
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- José Luis Martínez
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Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Gabriele Berg
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* E-mail: 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.