About the Authors

Roanna London

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Julie Schwedock

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew Sage

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heather Valley

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jamie Meadows

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Waddington

Affiliation Accugenix, Inc., Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Don Straus

don@firstlightbio.com

Current address: First Light Biosciences, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

DS is a board member, shareholder, and inventor on the patents of Rapid Micro Biosystems, the company that funded the work reported here. RL, JS, AS, JM, and HV conducted the work as paid employees of the same company.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS. Performed the experiments: RL JS AS JM HV. Analyzed the data: RL JS AS JM DS. Wrote the paper: RL JS DS. Supervised 16S rDNA sequencing of microbial strains: MW.