About the Authors

Marilynn A. Larson

malarson@unmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ufuk Nalbantoglu

Current address: Department of Computer Engineering, Erciyes Universitesi, Kayseri, Turkey

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Khalid Sayood

Affiliation Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Emily B. Zentz

Affiliation OpGen Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Amanda M. Bartling

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Stephen C. Francesconi

Affiliation Naval Medical Research Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Paul D. Fey

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Michael P. Dempsey

Current address: Air Force Medical Support Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, United States of America

Steven H. Hinrichs

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author EBZ was employed by OpGen, Inc. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: MAL UN KS EBZ AMB. Analyzed the data: MAL UN KS EBZ AMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UN KS EBZ SCF SHH. Wrote the paper: MAL SHH. Conceived the study: MAL SCF PDF MPD SHH. Designed the experiments: MAL UN KS EBZ. Read and approved the final manuscript: MAL UN KS EBZ AMB SCF PDF MPD SHH.