About the Authors

Thomas R. Williams

Affiliation Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne-Laure Moyne

Affiliations Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Linda J. Harris

Affiliations Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America, Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Maria L. Marco

mmarco@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRW AM LJH MM. Performed the experiments: TRW AM. Analyzed the data: TRW MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TRW AM LJH. Wrote the manuscript: TRW MM. Manuscript editing: TRW AM LJH MM.