About the Authors

Kristopher A. Hunt

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristopher A. Hunt, Ryan M. Jennings

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Ryan M. Jennings

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristopher A. Hunt, Ryan M. Jennings

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Biology, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliations Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

William P. Inskeep

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

binskeep@montana.edu (WPI); rossc@montana.edu (RPC)

Affiliations Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Ross P. Carlson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

binskeep@montana.edu (WPI); rossc@montana.edu (RPC)

Affiliations Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.