About the Authors

Sebastian Gnat

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Life Sciences, 13 Akademicka st. 20–950 Lublin, Poland

Wanda Małek

wanda.malek@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland

Ewa Oleńska

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Białystok, 1J Ciołkowskiego st., 15–245 Białystok, Poland

Sylwia Wdowiak-Wróbel

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland

Michał Kalita

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland

Barbara Łotocka

Affiliation Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, 159 Nowoursynowska st., 02–766 Warsaw, Poland

Magdalena Wójcik

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, 19 Akademicka st., 20–033 Lublin, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG WM. Performed the experiments: SG BŁ. Analyzed the data: SG EO WM MK SW-W MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: WM BŁ.