About the Authors

Rebecca Lindsey

Current address: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Youngsil Ha

Current address: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Michelle Momany

momany@plantbio.uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL YH MM. Performed the experiments: RL YH MM. Analyzed the data: RL YH MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL YH. Wrote the paper: RL YH MM.