About the Authors

Hee-Kyoung Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Kyoung Kim, Seunghoon Lee

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea

Seunghoon Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Kyoung Kim, Seunghoon Lee

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea

Seong-Mi Jo

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea

Susan P. McCormick

Affiliation Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Robert A. E. Butchko

Affiliation Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Robert H. Proctor

Affiliation Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Sung-Hwan Yun

sy14@sch.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The corresponding author, Sung-Hwan Yun, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, and this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHY RHP. Performed the experiments: HKK SL SMJ SPM RAEB. Analyzed the data: HKK SL SPM RAEB RHP SHY. Wrote the paper: SHY SPM.