About the Authors

Lisa M. Schechter

schechterl@umsl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Joy C. Valenta

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David J. Schneider

Affiliations Plant-Microbe Interactions Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Alan Collmer

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Eric Sakk

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMS DJS AC ES. Performed the experiments: LMS JCV. Analyzed the data: LMS ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMS JCV ES. Wrote the paper: LMS ES. Designed the computational algorithm used in analysis: DJS ES.