About the Authors

Andrea M. Binnebose

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Shannon L. Haughney

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Richard Martin

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Paula M. Imerman

Affiliation Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Balaji Narasimhan

nbalaji@iastate.edu (BN); bbella@iastate.edu (BHB)

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Bryan H. Bellaire

nbalaji@iastate.edu (BN); bbella@iastate.edu (BHB)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMB SLH PMI BHB BN. Performed the experiments: AMB SLH PMI. Analyzed the data: AMB SLH RM PMI BHB BN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMB SLH PMI. Wrote the paper: AMB SLH BHB BN.