About the Authors

Lorena Montero

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

José L. Medina-Santana

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Unidad de investigación de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Alimentos y Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (UNIETAR), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

María Ishida

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Food Laboratory, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, NY, United States of America

Brian Sauders

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Food Laboratory, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, NY, United States of America

Gabriel Trueba

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

gtrueba@usfq.edu.ec (GT); cvinueza@uce.edu.ec (CVB)

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

Christian Vinueza-Burgos

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

gtrueba@usfq.edu.ec (GT); cvinueza@uce.edu.ec (CVB)

Affiliation Unidad de investigación de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Alimentos y Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (UNIETAR), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.