About the Authors

Ruihao Li

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

Affiliation Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Jordan C. Rozum

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University (State University of New York), Binghamton, New York, United States of America

Morgan M. Quail

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Mohammad N. Qasim

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Suzanne S. Sindi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Clarissa J. Nobile

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Réka Albert

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

rza1@psu.edu (RA); ahernday@ucmerced.edu (ADH)

Affiliations Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Aaron D. Hernday

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

rza1@psu.edu (RA); ahernday@ucmerced.edu (ADH)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Clarissa J. Nobile is a cofounder of BioSynesis, Inc., a company developing inhibitors and diagnostics of biofilm formation. All other authors declare that no competing interests exist.