About the Authors

Debolina Sarkar

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas J. Mueller

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Deng Liu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Himadri B. Pakrasi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Costas D. Maranas

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

costas@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.