About the Authors

Annette Bollmann

*bollmaa@miamioh.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

George S. Bullerjahn

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Robert Michael McKay

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB. Performed the experiments: AB RMM GSB. Analyzed the data: AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GSB RMM. Wrote the paper: AB RMM GSB.