About the Authors

Christopher A. Gulvik

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

T. Chad Effler

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Steven W. Wilhelm

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alison Buchan

abuchan@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAG. Performed the experiments: CAG TCE. Analyzed the data: CAG AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB. Wrote the paper: CAG SWW AB.