About the Authors

Ryan H. Hansen

Affiliations Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrea C. Timm

Affiliation Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Collin M. Timm

Affiliation Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Amber N. Bible

Affiliation Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Jennifer L. Morrell-Falvey

Affiliations The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Dale A. Pelletier

Affiliation Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael L. Simpson

Affiliations The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Mitchel J. Doktycz

Affiliations The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Scott T. Retterer

rettererst@ornl.gov

Affiliations The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH SR MD MS AT. Performed the experiments: RH CT AB AT. Analyzed the data: RH SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB JMF DP. Wrote the paper: RH AT SR JMF.