About the Authors

Jill F. Johnstone

jill.johnstone@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Jonathan Henkelman

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Kirsten Allen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Warren Helgason

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Angela Bedard-Haughn

Affiliation Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFJ JH WH ABH. Performed the experiments: JFJ JH KA. Analyzed the data: JFJ JH KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WH ABH. Wrote the paper: JFJ. Edited manuscript: JFJ JH KA WH ABH.