About the Authors

Victor M. Jimenez Jr.

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America, Pathogen & Microbiome Institute (PMI), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Erik W. Settles

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America, Pathogen & Microbiome Institute (PMI), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Bart J. Currie

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

Paul S. Keim

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

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America, Pathogen & Microbiome Institute (PMI), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Fernando P. Monroy

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review – editing

Fernando.monroy@nau.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America, Pathogen & Microbiome Institute (PMI), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.