About the Authors

Daniel K. Arens

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

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

T. Scott Brady

Roles Investigation

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

John L. Carter

Roles Investigation

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

Jenny A. Pape

Roles Investigation, Visualization

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

David M. Robinson

Roles Investigation

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

Kerri A. Russell

Roles Investigation

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

Lyndsay A. Staley

Roles Investigation, Visualization

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

Jason M. Stettler

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Plant and Wildlife Sciences Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Olivia B. Tateoka

Roles Investigation

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

Michelle H. Townsend

Roles Investigation

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

Kiara V. Whitley

Roles Investigation

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

Trevor M. Wienclaw

Roles Investigation

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

Taryn L. Williamson

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Plant and Wildlife Sciences Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Steven M. Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Julianne H. Grose

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

julianne_grose@byu.edu

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

Competing Interests

JHG has a licensing agreement for a bacteriophage treatment of fire blight, for which Erwinia amylovora is the causative agent. Although the private donor is affiliated with a company that has licensed other Erwinia phages for commercial use, the funds provided for this specific study were a gift and the specific phages used in this study are not commercialized. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.