About the Authors

Rafi Shaik

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

Wusirika Ramakrishna

wusirika@mtu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS WR. Performed the experiments: RS. Analyzed the data: RS WR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS WR. Wrote the paper: RS WR.