About the Authors

Haiyang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zalman Vaksman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Douglas B. Litwin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Peng Shi

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Heidi B. Kaplan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Oleg A. Igoshin

igoshin@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ ZV HBK OAI. Performed the experiments: HZ ZV DBL. Analyzed the data: HZ ZV OAI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS. Wrote the paper: HZ HBK OAI.