About the Authors

Martha E. Trujillo

mett@usal.es

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Rodrigo Bacigalupe

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Petar Pujic

Affiliation Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, CNRS-UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France

Yasuhiro Igarashi

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural University, Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama, Japan

Patricia Benito

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Raúl Riesco

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Claudine Médigue

Affiliation Genoscope, CNRS-UMR 8030, Atelier de Génomique Comparative, Evry, France

Philippe Normand

Affiliation Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, CNRS-UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MET PN. Performed the experiments: MET PP PB RR. Analyzed the data: MET RB PP PN CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MET PN PP YI CM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MET PN RB PP.