About the Authors

Dagmara I. Kisiela

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sujay Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen J. Libby

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joyce E. Karlinsey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ferric C. Fang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Veronika Tchesnokova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeremy J. Kramer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Viktoriya Beskhlebnaya

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Health, Lake Forest Park, Washington, United States of America

Mansour Samadpour

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Health, Lake Forest Park, Washington, United States of America

Krzysztof Grzymajlo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Maciej Ugorski

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

Emily W. Lankau

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Roderick I. Mackie

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Steven Clegg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Evgeni V. Sokurenko

evs@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Kisiela, S. Libby, V. Tchesnokova, E. Sokurenko. Performed the experiments: D. Kisiela, S. Chattopadhyay, J. Kramer, S. Libby, K. Grzymajlo, E. Lankau, J. Karlinsey, V. Beskhlebnaya. Analyzed the data: D. Kisiela, S. Chattopadhyay, S. Libby, M. Ugorski, R. Mackie, S. Clegg, F. Fang, M. Samadpour, E. Sokurenko. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Ugorski, R. Mackie, S. Clegg, S. Libby, F. Fang, M. Samadpour. Wrote the paper: D. Kisiela, S. Chattopadhyay, E. Sokurenko.