About the Authors

Rachel I. Adams

adamsri@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Marzia Miletto

Affiliation Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Steven E. Lindow

Affiliation Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

John W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Thomas D. Bruns

Affiliation Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, 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: RIA MM SEL JWT TDB. Performed the experiments: RIA MM. Analyzed the data: RIA SEL JWT TDB. Wrote the paper: RIA SEL JWT TDB.