About the Authors

Hong Zhao

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Chuan Xu

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Hsiao-Ling Lu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaoxuan Chen

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Raymond J. St. Leger

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Weiguo Fang

wfang1@zju.edu.cn

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ CX WF. Performed the experiments: HZ CX HLL XC WF. Analyzed the data: HZ CX HLL XC WF. Wrote the paper: HZ CX RJSL WF.