About the Authors

Beth L. Zimmer

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Atkins North America, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Amanda L. May

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Chinmayee D. Bhedi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Stephen P. Dearth

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Carson W. Prevatte

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zoe Pratte

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Shawn R. Campagna

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Laurie L. Richardson

Laurie.Richardson@fiu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

First author Beth Zimmer is employed by the commercial company Atkins North America. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLZ SRC LLR. Performed the experiments: BLZ ALM CDB SPD CWP ZP SRC LLR. Analyzed the data: BLZ ALM CBD ZP SRC LLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRC LLR. Wrote the paper: BLZ LLR.