About the Authors

Lisa Gorski

lisa.gorski@ars.usda.gov

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

Samarpita Walker

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

Anita S. Liang

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

Kimberly M. Nguyen

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

Jessica Govoni

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

Diana Carychao

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

Michael B. Cooley

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

Robert E. Mandrell

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG DC MBC REM. Performed the experiments: LG SW ASL KMN JG DC MBC. Analyzed the data: LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: REM. Wrote the paper: LG.