About the Authors

Xiaohua He

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, California, United States of America

Stephanie McMahon

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, California, United States of America

Thomas D. Henderson II

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, California, United States of America

Stephen M. Griffey

Affiliation Comparative Pathology Lab, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Luisa W. Cheng

luisa.cheng@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH LWC. Performed the experiments: XH SM TDHI SMG LWC. Analyzed the data: XH SM TDHI SMG LWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH LWC. Wrote the paper: XH LWC.