About the Authors

Lu Li

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

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jiho Sohn

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Robert J. Genco

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, UB Microbiome Center, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jean Wactawski-Wende

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Steve Goodison

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

Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Patricia I. Diaz

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pidiazmo@buffalo.edu (PID); yijunsun@buffalo.edu (YS)

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, UB Microbiome Center, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Yijun Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

pidiazmo@buffalo.edu (PID); yijunsun@buffalo.edu (YS)

Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.