About the Authors

Omran Zaki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Omran.Zaki@doct.uliege.ac.be

Affiliation Microbial Processes and Interactions (MiPI), TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

Frederic Weekers

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Artechno sa, Isnes, Belgium

Philippe Compere

Roles Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Biologie Générale et Morphologie Ultrastructurale, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Philippe Jacques

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Microbial Processes and Interactions (MiPI), TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

Philippe Thonart

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Microbial Processes and Interactions (MiPI), TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium

Ahmed Sabri

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Artechno sa, Isnes, Belgium

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