About the Authors

Dongyeop Kim

Affiliation Biofilm Research Labs, Department of Orthodontics and Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Geelsu Hwang

Affiliation Biofilm Research Labs, Department of Orthodontics and Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yuan Liu

Affiliation Biofilm Research Labs, Department of Orthodontics and Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yifei Wang

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Ajay P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Nicholi Vorsa

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Hyun Koo

koohy@dental.upenn.edu

Affiliation Biofilm Research Labs, Department of Orthodontics and Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK DK. Performed the experiments: DK GH YL YW. Analyzed the data: DK GH YL APS HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW APS NV. Wrote the paper: DK APS NV HK.