About the Authors

Manoeli Lupatini

Affiliation Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Afnan Khalil Ahmad Suleiman

Affiliation Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti Jacques

Affiliation Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Zaida Inês Antoniolli

Affiliation Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Eiko Eurya Kuramae

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO/KANW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Flávio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo

Affiliation Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Luiz Fernando Würdig Roesch

luizroesch@unipampa.edu.br

Affiliation Universidade Federal do PAMPA, Campus São Gabriel, São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML RJSJ ZIA FAOC LFWR. Performed the experiments: ML AKAS. Analyzed the data: ML AKAS EEK LFWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJSJ ZIA FAOC LFWR. Wrote the paper: ML EEK LFWR.