About the Authors

John Midkiff

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Nathan Borochoff-Porte

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Dylan White

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Douglas I. Johnson

Douglas.Johnson@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM DIJ. Performed the experiments: JM NB-P DW. Analyzed the data: JM NB-P DW DIJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM NB-P DW DIJ. Wrote the paper: JM DIJ.