About the Authors

Rafael Sandin Ribeiro

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil

Stephanie Amelia Terry

Affiliation The University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia

João Paulo Sacramento

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil

Sylvia Rocha e Silveira

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil

Cláudia Braga Pereira Bento

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Elsa Fernandes da Silva

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Marco Antônio Sundfeld da Gama

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Pereira

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

Thierry Ribeiro Tomich

Affiliation Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

Rogério Martins Maurício

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil

Alexandre Vieira Chaves

alex.chaves@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation The University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMM AVC. Performed the experiments: RSR JPS SRS CBPB EFS MASG TRT RMM. Analyzed the data: RSR SAT SRS CBPB EFS MASG HCM LGRP RMM AVC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCM MASG LGRP TRT RMM. Wrote the paper: SAT RSR SRS HCM MASG LGRP RMM AVC.