About the Authors

Subbarao V. Ravva

subbarao.ravva@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Chester Z. Sarreal

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Robert E. Mandrell

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVR. Performed the experiments: CZS SVR. Analyzed the data: CZS SVR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SVR REM. Wrote the paper: SVR REM.