About the Authors

Henrique Fragoso dos Santos

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Juliano Carvalho Cury

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Flávia Lima do Carmo

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Adriana Lopes dos Santos

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

James Tiedje

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Jan Dirk van Elsas

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Alexandre Soares Rosado

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Raquel Silva Peixoto

raquelpeixoto@micro.ufrj.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Departamento of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSP ASR HFS. Performed the experiments: HFS RSP ALS FLC. Analyzed the data: HFS JCC RSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASR RSP JT. Wrote the paper: RSP HFS JDVE JT ASR JCC. Discussed the results: RSP HFS JCC JDVE JT ASR FLC.