About the Authors

Christopher E. Bagwell

Christopher.bagwell@srnl.doe.gov

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Kim K. Hixson

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Charles E. Milliken

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Daniel Lopez-Ferrer

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Karl K. Weitz

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEB. Performed the experiments: CEB KH CEM DLF KKW. Analyzed the data: CEB KH CEM DLF KKW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEB KH DLF KKW. Wrote the paper: CEB KH.