About the Authors

Christopher A. Gaulke

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Carrie L. Barton

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, The Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Sarah Proffitt

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, The Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Robert L. Tanguay

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, The Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Thomas J. Sharpton

Thomas.Sharpton@oregonstate.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAG TJS RLT. Performed the experiments: CAG SP CLB. Analyzed the data: CAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJS RLT. Wrote the paper: CAG TJS.