About the Authors

Sophie L. Mowles

sophie.mowles@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Bethia H. King

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

Robert S. T. Linforth

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Ian C. W. Hardy

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLM ICWH BHK RSTL. Performed the experiments: SLM. Analyzed the data: SLM ICWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLM RSTL ICWH. Wrote the manuscript: SLM ICWH BHK.