About the Authors

David Sánchez

Affiliation Microbiologia, Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Margarita Gomila

Affiliation Microbiologia, Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Antonio Bennasar

Affiliations Microbiologia, Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (IUNICS-UIB) Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Jorge Lalucat

Affiliations Microbiologia, Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Elena García-Valdés

elena.garciavaldes@uib.es

Affiliations Microbiologia, Departament de Biologia, Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Campus UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL EGV. Performed the experiments: DS MG EGV. Analyzed the data: DS MG AB JL EGV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL EGV. Wrote the paper: DS MG AB JL EGV. Conception and design of the work: JL EGV. Acquisition of data: DS MG EGV. Analysis and interpretation of data: DS MG AB JL EGV.