About the Authors

Mamon Dey

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sukanya Patra

Contributed equally to this work with: Sukanya Patra, Leo Y. Su

Current address: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pune, India

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Leo Y. Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Sukanya Patra, Leo Y. Su

Current address: Monserate Biotechnology Group, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Anca M. Segall

asegall@mail.sdsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD SP LS AS. Performed the experiments: MD SP LS. Analyzed the data: MD SP LS AS. Wrote the paper: MD SP LS AS. Obtained funding: AS.