About the Authors

Steven W. Sowa

Affiliation Microbiology Graduate Program, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Michael Baldea

mbaldea@che.utexas.edu (MB); lcontrer@che.utexas.edu (LMC)

Affiliation McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Lydia M. Contreras

mbaldea@che.utexas.edu (MB); lcontrer@che.utexas.edu (LMC)

Affiliation McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWS MB LMC. Performed the experiments: SWS. Analyzed the data: SWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB. Wrote the paper: SWS LMC MB.