About the Authors

Fernando A. Pagliai

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando A. Pagliai, Christopher L. Gardner

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Christopher L. Gardner

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando A. Pagliai, Christopher L. Gardner

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lora Bojilova

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Amanda Sarnegrim

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Cheila Tamayo

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Anastasia H. Potts

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Max Teplitski

Affiliations Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Soil and Water Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Svetlana Y. Folimonova

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Claudio F. Gonzalez

cfgonzalez@ufl.edu (CFG); glorca@ufl.edu (GLL)

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Graciela L. Lorca

cfgonzalez@ufl.edu (CFG); glorca@ufl.edu (GLL)

Affiliation Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAP CLG CFG GLL. Performed the experiments: FAP CLG LB AS CT AHP. Analyzed the data: FAP CLG CFG GLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT SYF. Wrote the paper: FAP CLG CFG GLL.