About the Authors

Rim Al Safadi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Galeb S. Abu-Ali

Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Rudolph E. Sloup

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

James T. Rudrik

Affiliation Michigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Laboratories, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Christopher M. Waters

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kathryn A. Eaton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Shannon D. Manning

mannin71@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDM RA GSA RES JTR CMW KAE. Performed the experiments: RA RES KAE. Analyzed the data: SDM RA GSA RES CMW KAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GSA JTR CMW KAE. Wrote the paper: SDM RA GSA RES JTR CMW KAE.