About the Authors

Reuven Rasooly

reuven.rasooly@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants, Agricultural Research Service, United State Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United State of America

Bradley Hernlem

Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants, Agricultural Research Service, United State Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United State of America

Mendel Friedman

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Units, Agricultural Research Service, United State Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United State of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR BH MF. Performed the experiments: RR BH MF. Analyzed the data: RR BH MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR BH MF. Wrote the paper: RR BH MF.