About the Authors

Jarukit Edward Long

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Morrill Science Center IV N203, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicholas Renzette

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard C. Centore

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven J. Sandler

sandler@microbio.umass.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Morrill Science Center IV N203, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEL NR RCC SJS. Performed the experiments: JEL NR RCC. Analyzed the data: JEL NR RCC SJS. Wrote the paper: JEL SJS.