About the Authors

Erin M. Conlon

econlon@mathstat.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bradley L. Postier

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barbara A. Methé

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kelly P. Nevin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Derek R. Lovley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMC BLP. Performed the experiments: EMC. Analyzed the data: EMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMC BLP BAM KPN DRL. Wrote the paper: EMC BLP BAM KPN.