About the Authors

Brandon R. Ray

Affiliation Texas A&M – University Corpus Christi Department of Life Sciences, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Matthew W. Johnson

Affiliation Texas A&M – University Corpus Christi Department of Life Sciences, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Kirk Cammarata

Affiliation Texas A&M – University Corpus Christi Department of Life Sciences, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Delbert L. Smee

lee.smee@tamucc.edu

Affiliation Texas A&M – University Corpus Christi Department of Life Sciences, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRR MWJ KC DLS. Performed the experiments: BRR DLS. Analyzed the data: BRR MWJ KC DLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BRR KC DLS. Wrote the paper: BRR MWJ KC DLS.