About the Authors

Dean Scholl

dean@avidbiotics.com

Affiliation AvidBiotics Corporation, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Dana Gebhart

Affiliation AvidBiotics Corporation, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven R. Williams

Affiliation AvidBiotics Corporation, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anna Bates

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Robert Mandrell

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

DS, DG, and SRW are employees and shareholders of Avidbiotics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS SRW RM. Performed the experiments: DS DG SRW AB. Analyzed the data: DS DG SRW AB RM. Wrote the paper: DS RM.