https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0773-0236
About the Authors
- Stephen Thomas
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: stephen.thomas@gatech.edu (ST); sam.brown@biology.gatech.edu (SPB)
Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America
- Ayatollah S. El-Zayat
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- James Gurney
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America
- Jennifer Rattray
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Current address: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America
- Sam P. Brown
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: stephen.thomas@gatech.edu (ST); sam.brown@biology.gatech.edu (SPB)
Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SPB is a member of PLOS Biology’s Editorial Board. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.