About the Authors

Lucas R. Brenes

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucas R. Brenes, Matthew B. Lohse

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

Current address: Biology Graduate Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alexander D. Johnson

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

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Matthew B. Lohse

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucas R. Brenes, Matthew B. Lohse

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

matthew.lohse@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

A.D.J. is a co-founder of BioSynesis, Inc., a company developing inhibitors and diagnostics of C. albicans biofilm formation and M.B.L. is a consultant of BioSynesis, Inc.; however, there are no conflicts of interest relating to employment, consultancy, patents, or products in development to declare with regards to this manuscript. No funding from this research was provided by BioSynesis, Inc. and/or by any grants to BioSynesis, Inc.. Neither BioSynesis, Inc. nor agencies funding BioSynesis, Inc. played any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The affiliation of A.D.J and M.B.L. with BioSynesis, Inc. does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.