About the Authors

Fabiana Z. Bertolde

fzbertolde@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia, Campus Eunápolis, Eunápolis, Bahia, Brazil

Alex-Alan F. Almeida

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

Carlos P. Pirovani

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FZB A-AFA CPP. Performed the experiments: FZB. Analyzed the data: FZB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FZB A-AFA CPP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FZB A-AFA CPP.