About the Authors

Beatriz Quiñones

bquinones@pw.usda.gov (BQ); parker@pw.usda.gov (CP)

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Albany, California, United States of America

Magalie R. Guilhabert

Affiliation AgraQuest, Inc., Davis, California, United States of America

William G. Miller

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Albany, California, United States of America

Robert E. Mandrell

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Albany, California, United States of America

Albert J. Lastovica

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Craig T. Parker

bquinones@pw.usda.gov (BQ); parker@pw.usda.gov (CP)

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM CP BQ MG. Performed the experiments: WM CP BQ MG. Analyzed the data: WM CP BQ MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM WM CP BQ MG AL. Wrote the paper: CP BQ MG.