About the Authors

Rebekah R. Bartelt

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Noemi Cruz-Orcutt

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michaela Collins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jon C. D. Houtman

jon-houtman@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRB NCO JCDH. Performed the experiments: RRB NCO MC JCDH. Analyzed the data: RRB NCO MC JCDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCDH. Wrote the paper: RRB JCDH.