About the Authors

Mauro Degli Esposti

mauro.degliesposti@iit.it

Affiliation Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy

Bessem Chouaia

Affiliation Department of Food, Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Francesco Comandatore

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Elena Crotti

Affiliation Department of Food, Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Davide Sassera

Current address: Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Patricia Marie-Jeanne Lievens

Current address: Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Affiliation Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy

Daniele Daffonchio

Affiliation Department of Food, Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Claudio Bandi

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDE BC FC EC DS CB. Performed the experiments: MDE BC FC EC DS PMJL. Analyzed the data: MDE BC FC DS PMJL CB DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDE CB FC CB DD. Wrote the paper: MDE PMJL CB DD. Conceived the work and wrote the bulk of the manuscript: MDE. Inspired various aspects of the work and participated to the writing and refining of the article: CB DD.