About the Authors

Aldo Nicosia

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Biotechnology, National Research Council-Institute for Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC-CNR) Detached Unit of Capo Granitola, Torretta Granitola, Trapani, Italy

Teresa Maggio

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Protection and Research-ISPRA, Palermo, Italy

Salvatore Mazzola

Affiliation National Research Council-Institute for Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC-CNR), Calata Porta di Massa, Napoli, Italy

Fabrizio Gianguzza

Affiliation Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Angela Cuttitta

angela.cuttitta@iamc.cnr.it (AC); costas@unipa.it (SC)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Biotechnology, National Research Council-Institute for Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC-CNR) Detached Unit of Capo Granitola, Torretta Granitola, Trapani, Italy

Salvatore Costa

angela.cuttitta@iamc.cnr.it (AC); costas@unipa.it (SC)

Affiliation Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN AC SC. Performed the experiments: AN TM SC. Analyzed the data: AN TM SC FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG SM. Wrote the paper: AN TM FG AC.