About the Authors

Brian M. Gruessner

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

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pamela J. Weathers

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

weathers@wpi.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.