About the Authors

Davi R. Ortega

Current address: Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Affiliations Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Igor B. Zhulin

joulineib@ornl.gov

Affiliations Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRO IBZ. Performed the experiments: DRO. Analyzed the data: DRO IBZ. Wrote the paper: DRO IBZ.