About the Authors

Matthew W. Breece

mwbreece@udel.edu

Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

Matthew J. Oliver

Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

Megan A. Cimino

Affiliation University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

Dewayne A. Fox

Affiliation Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors received funding through a commercial funder via a student fellowship (DuPont Clear into the Future Fellowship Program), and this did not influence the research and/or manuscript in any way. Additionally, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWB DAF. Performed the experiments: MWB DAF. Analyzed the data: MWB MAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAF MJO. Wrote the manuscript: MWB.