About the Authors

Jesús Ciriza

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Dominique Hall

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Alison Lu

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Joseph Robert De Sena

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Marcos E. García-Ojeda

mgarcia-ojeda@ucmerced.edu

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC MGO. Performed the experiments: JC DH AL JDS MAK MGO. Analyzed the data: JC DH AL MGO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC MGO. Wrote the paper: JC MGO.