About the Authors

Molli M. Newman

ramsemm@auburn.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Mark R. Liles

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Jack W. Feminella

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMN MRL JWF. Performed the experiments: MMN. Analyzed the data: MMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRL JWF. Wrote the paper: MMN MRL JWF.