About the Authors

L. Safak Yilmaz

lutfu.yilmaz@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alexander Loy

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Vienna Ecology Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Erik S. Wright

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael Wagner

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Vienna Ecology Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Daniel R. Noguera

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LSY AL DRN MW. Performed the experiments: LSY. Analyzed the data: LSY ESW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRN MW. Wrote the paper: LSY DRN AL ESW MW. Developed the model: LSY. Developed ProbeMelt: ESW.