About the Authors

Rachel I. Adams

adamsri@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Seema Bhangar

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Wilmer Pasut

Current address: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Affiliation Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Edward A. Arens

Affiliation Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

John W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Steven E. Lindow

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

William W. Nazaroff

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Thomas D. Bruns

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RIA SB WP EAA JWT SEL WWN TDB. Performed the experiments: RIA SB WP. Analyzed the data: RIA SB JWT WWN TDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RIA SB WP EAA JWT SEL WWN TDB. Wrote the paper: RIA SB WP EAA JWT SEL WWN TDB.