About the Authors

Elizabeth A. Manrao

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ian M. Derrington

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mikhail Pavlenok

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Michael Niederweis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jens H. Gundlach

jens@phys.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAM IMD JHG. Performed the experiments: EAM. Analyzed the data: EAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP MN. Wrote the paper: EAM JHG.