About the Authors

Maxuel O. Andrade

Affiliation Citrus Research and Education Center, Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida, United States of America

Chuck S. Farah

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Nian Wang

nianwang@ufl.edu

Affiliation Citrus Research and Education Center, Department of Microbiology and Cell Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW MOA CSF. Performed the experiments: MOA. Analyzed the data: MOA NW CSF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOA NW CSF. Wrote the paper: MOA NW CSF.