About the Authors

Marc Charette

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Charles-A. Darveau

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Steve F. Perry

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Howard D. Rundle

hrundle@uottawa.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC C-AD SFP HDR. Performed the experiments: MC. Analyzed the data: MC C-AD HDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-AD SFP HDR. Wrote the paper: MC C-AD SFP HDR.