About the Authors

Francisco X. Nascimento

fxnascimento@gmail.com

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Microbiologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia do Solo, Florianópolis SC, Brazil

Márcio J. Rossi

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Microbiologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia do Solo, Florianópolis SC, Brazil

Cláudio R. F. S. Soares

Affiliation Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Microbiologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia do Solo, Florianópolis SC, Brazil

Brendan J. McConkey

Affiliation University of Waterloo, Department of Biology, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Bernard R. Glick

Affiliation University of Waterloo, Department of Biology, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FXN MJR CRFSS BJM BRG. Performed the experiments: FXN. Analyzed the data: FXN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJR CRFSS BJM BRG. Wrote the paper: FXN MJR CRFSS BJM BRG.