About the Authors

Halie K. Miller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Laura Kwuan

Current address: Quality Control Microbiology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Leah Schwiesow

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

David L. Bernick

Affiliation Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Erin Mettert

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Hector A. Ramirez

Current address: Infectious Diseases Department of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

James M. Ragle

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Patricia P. Chan

Current address: Maverix Biomics, Inc., San Mateo, California, United States of America

Affiliation Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Patricia J. Kiley

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Todd M. Lowe

Affiliation Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Victoria Auerbuch

vastone@ucsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HKM VA. Performed the experiments: HKM LK LS HAR JMR. Analyzed the data: HKM VA LK LS DLB PPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HKM LK JMR PPC TML EM PJK. Wrote the paper: HKM VA.