About the Authors

Małgorzata Piotrowska

malgorzata.piotrowska@p.lodz.pl

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Anna Otlewska

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Katarzyna Rajkowska

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Anna Koziróg

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Mariusz Hachułka

Affiliation University of Lodz, Department of Algology and Mycology, Lodz, Poland

Paulina Nowicka-Krawczyk

Affiliation University of Lodz, Department of Algology and Mycology, Lodz, Poland

Grzegorz J. Wolski

Affiliation University of Lodz, Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, Lodz, Poland

Beata Gutarowska

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Alina Kunicka-Styczyńska

Affiliation Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz, Poland

Agnieszka Żydzik-Białek

Affiliation Auschwitz–Birkenau State Museum, Oświęcim, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG MP AO KR A. Koziróg. Performed the experiments: MP AO KR A. Koziróg MH PNK GJW. Analyzed the data: MP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MP AO A. Koziróg KR. Critically revised: BG A. Kunicka-Styczyńska. Assistances in sampling: AŻB.