About the Authors

Ok Kyung Koo

Current address: Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arizona, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Mary Anne Roshni Amalaradjou

Affiliation Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Arun K. Bhunia

bhunia@purdue.edu

Affiliations Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OKK MARA AKB. Performed the experiments: OKK MARA. Analyzed the data: OKK MARA AKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OKK MARA AKB. Wrote the paper: OKK MARA AKB.