About the Authors

Jessica M. Morrison

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Kristina D. Baker

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Richard M. Zamor

Affiliation Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), Vinita, OK, United States of America

Steve Nikolai

Affiliation Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), Vinita, OK, United States of America

Mostafa S. Elshahed

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Noha H. Youssef

Noha@Okstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NHY MSE. Formal analysis: JMM KDB NHY. Funding acquisition: NHY. Investigation: JMM KDB RMZ SN. Project administration: NHY MSE. Resources: NHY MSE RMZ SN. Writing – original draft: JMM MSE NHY. Writing – review & editing: KDB RMZ SN.