About the Authors

Sergio A. Castro

sergio.castro@usach.cl

Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Departamento de Biología, and Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Victor M. Escobedo

Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Departamento de Biología, and Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Jorge Aranda

Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Departamento de Biología, and Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Gastón O. Carvallo

Affiliation Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAC. Performed the experiments: SAC VE JA. Analyzed the data: SAC VE GOC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAC GOC JA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SAC GOC.