About the Authors

Svetlana A. Sarkisova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shalaka R. Lotlikar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Manita Guragain

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ryan Kubat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

John Cloud

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Michael J. Franklin

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Franklin, Marianna A. Patrauchan

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Marianna A. Patrauchan

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Franklin, Marianna A. Patrauchan

m.patrauchan@okstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJF MAP. Performed the experiments: SAS SRL RK MG JC. Analyzed the data: MAP MJF. Wrote the paper: MAP MJF.