About the Authors

Cristopher Segovia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Marine Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Laboratory, Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Logy Bay, Canada, PhD Program in Integrative Genomics, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile

Raul Arias-Carrasco

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Validation

Affiliations PhD Program in Integrative Genomics, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile, Laboratory of Integrative Bioinformatics, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile

Alejandro J. Yañez

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho

Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliations Laboratory of Integrative Bioinformatics, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Huechuraba, Chile, Beagle Bioinformatics, Santiago, Chile

Javier Santander

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jsantander@mun.ca

Affiliation Marine Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccinology Laboratory, Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Logy Bay, Canada

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho is CEO and one of the founders of Beagle Bioinformatics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.