About the Authors

Swapna Bhat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Tye O. Boynton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Dan Pham

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Lawrence J. Shimkets

shimkets@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, 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: SB LJS. Performed the experiments: SB TOB DP. Analyzed the data: SB TOB DP LJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJS. Wrote the paper: SB TOB LJS.