About the Authors

Debarati Paul

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Ranjit Kumar

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Bindu Nanduri

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Todd French

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Ken Pendarvis

Affiliation Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Ashli Brown

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Mark L. Lawrence

lawrence@cvm.msstate.edu

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Shane C. Burgess

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP BN TF AB ML SB. Performed the experiments: KP DP TF AB. Analyzed the data: DP RK BN KP AB ML SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF AB SCB. Wrote the paper: DP BN ML SB.