About the Authors

Sohyun Cho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Lari M. Hiott

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

John B. Barrett

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth A. McMillan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Sandra L. House

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Shaheen B. Humayoun

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Eric S. Adams

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Charlene R. Jackson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ CRJ and JGF are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan G. Frye

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jonathan.frye@ars.usda.gov

‡ CRJ and JGF are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.