About the Authors

Hediye Nese Cinar

hediye.cinar@fda.hhs.gov (HNC)

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Office of Applied Research, Division of Virulence Assessment, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Gopal Gopinath

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Office of Applied Research, Division of Virulence Assessment, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Karen Jarvis

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Office of Applied Research, Division of Virulence Assessment, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Helen R. Murphy

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Office of Applied Research, Division of Virulence Assessment, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HNC HRM. Performed the experiments: HNC HRM KJ. Analyzed the data: HNC GG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRM GG. Wrote the paper: HNC GG HRM.