About the Authors

Nelly Badalato

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Alain Guillot

Affiliation UMR 1319 MICALIS, PAPPSO, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Victor Sabarly

Affiliation Omics Services, Paris, France

Marc Dubois

Affiliation Omics Services, Paris, France

Nina Pourette

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Bruno Pontoire

Affiliation UR 1268 BIA, INRA, Nantes, France

Paul Robert

Affiliation UR 1268 BIA, INRA, Nantes, France

Arnaud Bridier

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Véronique Monnet

Affiliation UMR 1319 MICALIS, PAPPSO, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France

Diana Z. Sousa

Affiliations Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Sylvie Durand

Affiliation UR 1268 BIA, INRA, Nantes, France

Laurent Mazéas

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Alain Buléon

Affiliation UR 1268 BIA, INRA, Nantes, France

Théodore Bouchez

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Gérard Mortha

Affiliation LGP2, UMR CNRS 5518, Grenoble INP-Pagora, Saint Martin d'Hères, France

Ariane Bize

ariane.bize@irstea.fr

Affiliation UR HBAN, Irstea, Antony, France

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Victor Sabarly and Marc Dubois are employed by Omics Services. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NB TB A. Bize. Formal analysis: NB MD VS A. Bize. Funding acquisition: A. Bize. Investigation: NB AG NP BP SD. Methodology: NB AG A. Bridier DZS. Project administration: A. Bize. Resources: PR VM DZS LM A. Buléon TB GM. Software: MD VS. Supervision: TB A. Bize. Visualization: NB VS SD GM A. Bize. Writing – original draft: NB GM A. Bize. Writing – review & editing: NB AG VS VM DZS TB A. Bize.