About the Authors

Gesham Magombedze

gmagombedze@nimbios.org; gmagombedze@gmail.com

Affiliation National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, United States of America

Shigetoshi Eda

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, United States of America

Vitaly V. Ganusov

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennesse, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM. Performed the experiments: GM SE VVG. Analyzed the data: GM SE VVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM SE VVG. Wrote the paper: GM SE VVG.