About the Authors

Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Bassem Jaouadi

bassem.jaouadi@cbs.rnrt.tn (BJ); samir.bejar@cbs.rnrt.tn (SB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Hajer Ben Hlima

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Hatem Rekik

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Mouna Belhoul

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Maher Hmidi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Houda Slimene Ben Aicha

Affiliation National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC), Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia

Chiraz Gorgi Hila

Affiliation National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC), Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia

Abdessatar Toumi

Affiliation National Leather and Shoe Center (CNCC), Mégrine, Ben Arous, Tunisia

Nushin Aghajari

Affiliation Laboratory for Biocrystallography and Structural Biology of Therapeutic Targets, Molecular and Structural Bases of Infectious Systems, UMR 5086-CNRS-University of Lyon 1, Institute for the Biology and Chemistry of Proteins (IBCP), FR3302, Lyon, France

Samir Bejar

bassem.jaouadi@cbs.rnrt.tn (BJ); samir.bejar@cbs.rnrt.tn (SB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJ SB. Performed the experiments: NZJ HBH HR MB MH. Analyzed the data: NZJ HR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA HSBA CGH AT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NZJ BJ SB.