About the Authors

Jinkui Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinkui Yang, Lei Wang, Xinglai Ji

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Lei Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinkui Yang, Lei Wang, Xinglai Ji

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Xinglai Ji

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinkui Yang, Lei Wang, Xinglai Ji

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Yun Feng

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Xiaomin Li

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Chenggang Zou

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Jianping Xu

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Yan Ren

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Qili Mi

Affiliations Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Science, Kunming, P. R. China

Junli Wu

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Shuqun Liu

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Yu Liu

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Xiaowei Huang

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Haiyan Wang

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Xuemei Niu

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Juan Li

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Lianming Liang

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Yanlu Luo

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Kaifang Ji

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Wei Zhou

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Zefen Yu

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Guohong Li

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Yajun Liu

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Lei Li

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Min Qiao

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Lu Feng

Affiliation TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Ke-Qin Zhang

kqzhang111@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, and Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Ke-Qin Zhang, Lei Wang. Performed the experiments: Jinkui Yang, Yun Feng, Xiaomin Li, Yan Ren, Qili Mi, Junli Wu, Yu Liu, Haiyan Wang, Lianming Liang, Yanlu Luo. Analyzed the data: Jinkui Yang, Xinglai Ji, Yun Feng, Xiaomin Li, Chenggang Zou, Jianping Xu, Shunqun Liu, Xiaowei Huang, Xuemei Niu, Juan Li, Lu Feng. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Kaifang Ji, Wei Zhou, Zefen Yu, Guohong Li, Yajun Liu, Lei Li, Min Qiao. Wrote the paper: Jinkui Yang, Yun Feng, Xiaomin Li, Lu Feng, Xinglai Ji.