About the Authors

Mercedes Berlanga

mberlanga@ub.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Llorens

Affiliations Unity of Genomics. Scientific and Technological Centers, University of Barcelona (CCiTUB), Barcelona, Spain, Biotechvana, Valencia, Spain

Jaume Comas

Affiliation Unity of Genomics. Scientific and Technological Centers, University of Barcelona (CCiTUB), Barcelona, Spain

Ricardo Guerrero

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Antimicrobials, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona Knowledge Hub, Academia Europaea, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

Author Carlos Llorens is employed by Biotechvana. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB. Performed the experiments: MB JC. Analyzed the data: MB RG. Wrote the paper: MB RG. Participated in processing and quality control of the pyrotags obtained from 454-pyrosequencing: CL.