About the Authors

Katja Sterflinger

Katja.Sterflinger@boku.ac.at

Affiliation VIBT Extremophile Center, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Ksenija Lopandic

Affiliation VIBT Extremophile Center, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Ram Vinay Pandey

Affiliations Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Population Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Barbara Blasi

Affiliation VIBT Extremophile Center, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Albert Kriegner

Affiliation Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS KL BB. Performed the experiments: KS KL BB. Analyzed the data: AK RVP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KS KL BB RVP AK.