About the Authors

Zachary L. Fowler

Affiliation Praxair, Inc. BioPharma Research and Development, Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States of America

Karan Shah

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Amy Jacobs

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

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.