About the Authors
- Zachary L. Fowler
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Affiliation Praxair, Inc. BioPharma Research and Development, Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States of America
- Karan Shah
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Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- John C. Panepinto
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Amy Jacobs
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Mattheos A. G. Koffas
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* E-mail: koffam@rpi.edu
Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensalear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the authors, Zach Fowler, is currently employed by Praxair Inc. None of the work presented in the manuscript is related to any marketed products by this company or resulted from consulting or any other form of interaction with this company. The authors would also like to declare that Zachary Fowler's affiliation with Praxair does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZLF KS JCP AJ MAGK. Performed the experiments: ZLF KS. Analyzed the data: ZLF KS AJ JCP MAGK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ JCP MAGK. Wrote the paper: ZLF KS JCP MAGK.