About the Authors

James D. Johnston

scott_weber@byu.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Steven C. Tuttle

Affiliation Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Morgan C. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Rebecca K. Bradshaw

Affiliation Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Taylor G. Hoybjerg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Julene B. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Bryce A. Kruman

Affiliation Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Taylor S. Orton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Ryan B. Cook

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Dennis L. Eggett

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

K. Scott Weber

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDJ KSW. Performed the experiments: SCT MCN RKB TGH JBJ BAK TSO RBC. Analyzed the data: JDJ SCT MCN RKB TGH BAK TSO RBC DLE KSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDJ DLE KSW. Wrote the paper: JDJ DLE KSW.