About the Authors

Jeffrey L. Blanchard

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: blanchard@microbio.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wei-Yun Wholey

Current address: Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erin M. Conlon

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pablo J. Pomposiello

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP EC JB WW. Performed the experiments: PP EC JB WW. Analyzed the data: PP EC JB WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB WW. Wrote the paper: PP JB.