About the Authors

Peter S. Winter

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Collin E. Bowman

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University, Muncie, IN, United States of America

Philip J. Villani

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Thomas E. Dolan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Nathanael R. Hauck

nhauck@butler.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSW CEB PJV TED NRH. Performed the experiments: PSW CEB NRH. Analyzed the data: PSW PJV NRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJV TED NRH. Wrote the paper: PSW NRH. Provided expertise working with Pythium: TED. Obtained permission to work with A. serpens and P. irregulare: PJV.