About the Authors

Yolanda J. Silva

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Liliana Costa

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Carla Pereira

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Cristiana Mateus

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Ângela Cunha

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Ricardo Calado

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Newton C. M. Gomes

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Miguel A. Pardo

Affiliation Food Research Division AZTI–Tecnalia, Bizkaiko Teknologi Parkea, Astondo Bidea, 609 Eraikina, 48160 Derio, Spain

Igor Hernandez

Affiliation Food Research Division AZTI–Tecnalia, Bizkaiko Teknologi Parkea, Astondo Bidea, 609 Eraikina, 48160 Derio, Spain

Adelaide Almeida

aalmeida@ua.pt

Affiliation CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 11 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA IH YS NG RC. Performed the experiments: YS LC CP CM MP. Analyzed the data: YS LC CP CM MP AC AA IH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA IH. Wrote the paper: YS LC CP CM MP AC AA IH RC NG.