About the Authors

Kelly M. Colvin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Vernita D. Gordon

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Keiji Murakami

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Bradley R. Borlee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daniel J. Wozniak

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gerard C. L. Wong

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Matthew R. Parsek

parsem@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMC VDG KM GCLW MRP. Performed the experiments: KMC VDG KM BRB. Analyzed the data: KMC VDG KM BRB DJW GCLW MRP. Wrote the paper: KMC DJW GCLW MRP.