About the Authors
- Rossana Morabito
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Affiliation Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Orazio Romano
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Affiliation BromaTech S.r.l., Giarre, Italy
- Giuseppa La Spada
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Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Angela Marino
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* E-mail: marinoa@unime.it
Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Competing Interests
Dr. O. Romano is affiliated to BromaTech s.r.l., Giarre (CT, Italy). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AM RM. Performed the experiments: AM RM. Analyzed the data: RM OR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLS. Wrote the paper: AM.