About the Authors

Heather R. Mattila

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachussetts, United States of America

Daniela Rios

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachussetts, United States of America

Victoria E. Walker-Sperling

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachussetts, United States of America

Guus Roeselers

Affiliation Microbiology & Systems Biology group, TNO, Utrechtseweg, Zeist, The Netherlands

Irene L. G. Newton

irnewton@indiana.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ILGN HRM. Performed the experiments: ILGN DR VEW HRM. Analyzed the data: ILGN GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR. Wrote the paper: ILGN HRM.