About the Authors

Scot E. Dowd

sdowd@pathogenresearch.org

Affiliations Research and Testing Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, Medical Biofilm Research Institute, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Randall D. Wolcott

Affiliation Southwest Regional Wound Care Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Yan Sun

Affiliation Research and Testing Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Trevor McKeehan

Affiliation Research and Testing Laboratory, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Ethan Smith

Affiliation Medical Biofilm Research Institute, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Daniel Rhoads

Affiliation Southwest Regional Wound Care Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Research and Testing Laboratories develops molecular methods for detection of pathogens. Southwest Regional Wound Care Center treats patients with diabetic foot ulcers.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SED. Performed the experiments: YS ES. Analyzed the data: SED TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDW TM DR. Wrote the paper: SED DR.