About the Authors

Adam Collins Caldwell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 95192–0100, United States of America

Lívia Carneiro Fidéles Silva

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570, Brazil

Cynthia Canêdo da Silva

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570, Brazil

Cleber Costa Ouverney

cleber.ouverney@sjsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 95192–0100, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACC CCDS CCO. Performed the experiments: ACC LCFS CCDS CCO. Analyzed the data: ACC CCO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACC LCFS CCDS CCO. Wrote the paper: ACC LCFS CCDS CCO.