About the Authors

Natalia Amigo

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina

Elsa Mercado

Affiliation Instituto de Patobiologia, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina

Adriana Bentancor

Affiliation Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pallavi Singh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Daniel Vilte

Affiliation Instituto de Patobiologia, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina

Elisabeth Gerhardt

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiología, IFIBIO-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elsa Zotta

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiología, IFIBIO-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cristina Ibarra

Affiliation Departamento de Fisiología, IFIBIO-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Shannon D. Manning

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Mariano Larzábal

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina

Angel Cataldi

cataldi.angeladrian@inta.gob.ar

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, CICVyA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM CI SM ML AC. Performed the experiments: NA AB PS DV EZ ML EG. Analyzed the data: NA AB EZ CI ML SM AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM EZ CI SM ML AC. Wrote the paper: NA EZ CI SM ML AC.