About the Authors

Morgan N. Price

MorganNPrice@yahoo.com

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Virtual Institute of Microbial Stress and Survival, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Paramvir S. Dehal

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Virtual Institute of Microbial Stress and Survival, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Adam P. Arkin

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Virtual Institute of Microbial Stress and Survival, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNP PD. Performed the experiments: MNP. Analyzed the data: MNP. Wrote the paper: MNP PD APA.