About the Authors

Fernanda de Costa

Affiliations Plant Physiology Laboratory, Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, Faculty of Pharmacy, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Anna Carolina A. Yendo

Affiliations Plant Physiology Laboratory, Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, Faculty of Pharmacy, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Samuel P. Cibulski

Affiliation Fepagro Animal Health - Institute of Veterinary Research “Desidério Finamor” (IPVDF), Eldorado do Sul, Brazil, and Virology Laboratory, Microbiology Department, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Juliane D. Fleck

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil

Paulo M. Roehe

Affiliation Fepagro Animal Health - Institute of Veterinary Research “Desidério Finamor” (IPVDF), Eldorado do Sul, Brazil, and Virology Laboratory, Microbiology Department, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fernando R. Spilki

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil

Grace Gosmann

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Arthur G. Fett-Neto

fettneto@cbiot.ufrgs.br

Affiliation Plant Physiology Laboratory, Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMR FRS GG AGFN. Performed the experiments: FDC ACY SPC JDF. Analyzed the data: FDC ACY SPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMR FRS GG AGFN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FDC PMR AGFN.